Emery Park Elementary School Playground Improvements – Alhambra CA

City:
Alhambra, CA

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1935

Completed:
1935

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

In March 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) carried out improvements to the playground at Emery Park Elementary School in Alhambra, CA. The work consisted of grading approximately 6,000 square yards and paving.

Source notes

Pasadena Museum of History; description from a photo album of a former WPA official.

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on December 3, 2013.

Location Info


2821 W Commonwealth Ave
Alhambra, CA 91803-1099
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 34.0886, -118.1547

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