- City:
- Bronx, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1937
Description
The federal Work Projects Administration put many men to work in the Bronx starting in 1935 with street repair and maintenance projects impacting roads throughout the borough. One project involved the resurfacing of Reservoir Oval East and Reservoir Oval West with asphalt macadam, a project for which the WPA allocated $47,118.50.
The work along Reservoir Oval complemented the work of the Williamsbridge Oval Park, another WPA project.
Source notes
National Archives RG 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration [WPA]; Project Files; New York City (E 407); box 684; roll 3642. Additional project information contributed by Frank da Cruz.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 4, 2014.
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