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Broadway Auditorium (former) Improvements – Buffalo NY

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, bridges, and tunnels
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Description

Broadway Auditorium in Buffalo, New York was improved substantially ca. 1936 by federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. 150 men were put to work as part of this effort.

The building now serves as a municipal Streets Department warehouse.

Source notes

List of Notable WPA Projects in the Buffalo Area, The Buffalo History Museum.
http://www.buffalohistory.org/docs/79de55bd-e793-424d-91e3-5ece56e8aad2.pdf (page 2)

http://www.bisonshistory.com/broadway-auditorium.htm

Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 29, 2014.

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Location Info

197 Broadway.
Buffalo, NY 14204

Coordinates: 42.886946, -78.866106

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