- City:
- Buffalo, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Auditoriums and Arenas
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1940
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
Buffalo, New York’s Minucipal Auditorium was a $2.7 million New Deal-funded project. Ground was broken on November 30, 1939 and the auditorium opened October 14, 1940.
Sources differ with regard to the source of the New Deal funding — an AP article claims it was the PWA while others claim the WPA constructed the building.
The Municipal Auditorium was demolished in early 2009.
Source notes
https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1GTN_Buffalo_Memorial_Auditorium_Buffalo_NY https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168094/m1/1/zoom/?q=PWA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Memorial_AuditoriumSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 14, 2014.
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