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Grand Concourse Improvements – Bronx NY

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
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Description

An article in the April 29, 1942 edition of The New York Times reported that WPA work on the Grand Concourse had begun. The work involved widening the Grand Concourse between 153rd and 161st streets by 6 feet, as well as installing a four-foot-wide center mall.

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Project originally submitted by Frank da Cruz on June 6, 2015.

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Location Info

Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451

Coordinates: 40.824515, -73.923989

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