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  • Macombs Dam Park Playground (demolished) – Bronx NY
    The New York City Parks Department Press Release for October 14, 1935 announces the opening of a new playground at the site of what was later called Macombs Dam Park, with some or all of the following amenities: wading pools,... read more
  • Wheeling Park Pool (demolished) – Wheeling WV
    “A Public Works Administration grant of $42,545 was allocated for a pool at Wheeling Park to replace the obsolete facility that dated to the early 1900s. The grant was matched locally by a gift of $52,000 from businessman W.E. Stone.... read more
  • City Hall (demolished) Restoration – Huntington Park CA
    The first Huntington Park city hall was constructed in 1914 at the corner of Pacific Boulevard and Irvington Avenue (now Gage Avenue). It was badly damaged in the massive 1933. In 1934, it was rebuilt with a new Art Deco... read more
  • School Gymnasium (demolished) – Jourdanton TX
    In 1911, the Texas legislature approved the creation of a school district for Jourdanton after citizens appealed for assistance. A high school and football field were built after a bond election passed. In 1938, with assistance from the Works Progress... read more
  • Winter Sports Arena (demolished) – Crookston MN
    This sports arena was constructed in 1938 by the WPA. “When opened, the facility accommodated the local hockey program and meeting spaces for community groups. The arena continued in that fashion for many years, but by mid-century, growth in the... read more
  • South Omaha Bridge (demolished) – Omaha NE to Council Bluffs IA
    The South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge (originally the South Omaha Bridge) was constructed during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. Demolished in 2010, construction occurred between 1934 and 1936. The PWA supplied a... read more
  • Fred Albee Municipal Airport (demolished) – Venice FL
    Also known as the Venice Municipal Airport, including runways and hangars, was constructed by the Civil Aeronautics Authority and the Works Progress Administration in 1935-1939. It remained a local airport until the 1950s, when the land was transferred to the... read more
  • Claremore Armory (demolished) – Claremore OK
    The armory was built by the WPA in 1935: “This armory is a single-story, rectangular…structure constructed of cut, course, and rusticated native stone of buff color. The central portion of the roof is arched, while the remainder of it is... read more
  • Lido Beach Casino (demolished) – Sarasota FL
    Herald-Tribune: “In the late 1930s, with financial aid of the Works Progress Administration, the city of Sarasota built the Lido Beach Casino. Designed by Ralph Twitchell, the “grandfather of the Sarasota school of architecture,” the art deco-style “palace” boasted a... read more
  • Jacksonville Municipal Airport (demolished) – Jacksonville FL
    Jacksonville Municipal Airport, also known as Jacksonville Army Airfield and later Imeson Field, was developed in part by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). One archival image shows that the WPA paved a runway at the airport in 1936. “The... read more

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