Sidewalks and Driveways, 56th Street – Oakland CA

City:
Oakland, CA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities

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

Started:
1940

Completed:
1941

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built sidewalks and driveways on 56th Street in Oakland, California in 1940-41.  The work was marked with typical WPA date stamps in the concrete in the 700 and 800-850 blocks of 56th Street.

This work was part of a much larger program of improving streets, curbs and sidewalks throughout Oakland in those years.

Source notes

WPA markers on site.

Site originally submitted by Mark Brucker on September 12, 2021.

Location Info


56th St.
Oakland, California 94608, 94609
Alameda County

Coordinates: 37.840107, -122.27233

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