- City:
- Buffalo, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The major thoroughfare of Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York was improved substantially ca. 1936 by federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. More than 400 men were put to work as part of this effort.
Source notes
List of Notable WPA Projects in the Buffalo Area, The Buffalo History Museum. https://www.buffalohistory.org/docs/79de55bd-e793-424d-91e3-5ece56e8aad2.pdf (page 2) National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 1485 National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 1486Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 29, 2014.
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