Fresh Pond Golf Course Beautification – Cambridge MA

City:
Cambridge, MA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Golf Courses

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

Description

Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) workers conducted the following work in Cambridge, Massachusetts. From a W.P.A. Bulletin:

WPA beautification of the Cambridge Fresh Pond Parkway golf course includes the filling of unsightly water filled pools, messed with an accumulation of assorted junk and discarded automobiles.

Source notes

Works Progress Bulletin, Massachusetts: Aug. 14, 1936 (pg. 2) https://archive.org/details/worksprogressbul3637unit

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 11, 2017.

Location Info

691 Huron Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138

Coordinates: 42.38116, -71.15362

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