Potrero Hill Playground
(Courtesy: Denora Guevara)
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) developed San Francisco’s Potrero Hill Playground during the Great Depression. Located at 22nd and Arkansas Streets, the WPA built children’s area and tennis courts above the housetops overlooking the Bay.–Healy, p. 66.
Project Details
| Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost | Project #'s |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66309 |
Source notes
Healy, Clyde E. San Francisco Improved: Report of Clyde E. Healy, Assistant City Engineer - City of San Francisco and Coordinator of W.P.A. Projects, Period October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939.
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