- City:
- Long Beach, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve Ocean Beach [Park] and many of its attendant facilities during the 1930s. One project called for the reconstruction of “life guard stations, comfort stations, locker rooms, restaurants, and fences.”
Source notes
National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T936; roll 9.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 16, 2014.
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