- City:
- New York, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1936
Description
Historic imagery shows that the Works Progress Administration (WPA) dug up and rebuilt 8th Ave. around 42nd St., in Manhattan, in 1936.
Source notes
The New York Times: "Boondoggle That Helped 38 Million People," May 2, 1965 (pg. 37)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 23, 2018.
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