West Side Riverfront Improvements – New York NY

City:
New York, New York City, NY

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Description

WPA Official Project No. 65-97-60 allocated $2,267,810 for “repair and reconstruction of the waterfront between 23 and 34 Streets” in the west side of Manhattan along the Hudson River. Another document referred to the project as “modernizing” the area. Much of where the work occurred is now known as Hudson River Park.

Source notes

National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T935; roll 41.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 11, 2014.

Location Info


New York, NY

Coordinates: 40.753371, -74.007924

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