- City:
- Pasadena, CA
- Site Type:
- Golf Courses, Parks and Recreation, Park Roads and Bridges
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Partially Extant
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) improved the grounds of Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena, CA, employing 67 men/month for three months between 1935 and 1936 under the auspices of Project 9624.
According to a 1939 WPA report, work included “enlarging and improving the clubhouse, placing of 60,000 cubic yards of fill and 20,000 cubic yards of top soil.” In addition, “Three large concrete pedestrian bridges were relocated after the [1938] flood and three additional steel bridges were constructed over the new channel.” This channel over the Arroyo Seco was also built by the WPA as part of their improvement work at nearby Brookside Park.
As of 2024, it appears that two of the concrete pedestrian bridges at Brookside Golf Club survive.
Source notes
Pasadena Museum Of History
Donald H. Connolly and G. I. Farman, Report of Accomplishment of the Operations Division (Works Progress Administration, Southern California: January 1, 1939).
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on January 14, 2014.
Site Details
| Federal Cost | Local Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|
| $14,135 | $322 | $14,457 |
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