WPA sidewalk stamp - Oakland CA
Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs
New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Started: 1940
Completed: 1940
Quality of Information: Good
Status: Marked
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built concrete sidewalks, curbs and gutters all over the city of Oakland, including here on Clifton Street in the Rockridge neighborhood. There is a sidewalk stamp reading “W.P.A. 1940” in the gutter at the corner of Boyd Street, which means the WPA built the curbs and gutters along this stretch of Clifton. Stamps indicating the paving company were common practice in the first half of the 20th century.
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Street sign above WPA sidewalk stamp - Oakland CA
Source notes
Project originally submitted by Joan Greer on December 28, 2020.
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