- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Tennis Courts, Athletic Courts and Fields, Recreation Halls
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) helped build the Sunset Playground in 1937-1940, working with the San Francisco Recreation Department. The playground included a field house plus volleyball, basketball and tennis courts.
“In 1937, the three-acre site at 29th Avenue and Lawton Street was bought for $50,676 and began as a playground. Built by the Recreation Department and the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration), Sunset Playground opened in 1940 with a small field house, volleyball, basketball and tennis courts.” (ParkScan)
We believe that the WPA relief workers developed the entire playground and not just the grading of the site, as indicated by Healy. “Like Lombard and Mountain Lake. Graded a rough wooded lot to allow for lawns, 4 tennis courts and area for mothers and small children.” (Healy, p. 56).
Source notes
https://www.parkscan.org/parks?parkId=60 (dead link)
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, October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939.
Site Details
Total Cost |
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$66,109.00 |
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