Project type: Parks and Recreation
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Description
“Using federal funding through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the park district soon began rehabilitating the southern portion of the park, constructing tennis courts, a footbridge over the river, a dam and spillway for the lower lagoon.”
Source notes
http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/gompers-park/
Project originally submitted by Erin TerBeek on October 4, 2012.
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