- City:
- East Hartford, CT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Playgrounds, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Swimming Pools, Paths and Trails
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a project “the clearing and grubbing of land on the eastern edge of the Burnside Avenue Playground and installation of drives and walks.” Furthermore, the WPA installed a “new drinking fountain … at the Burnside Avenue Plavground near the tennis courts. This was done in connection with the laying of a new six-inch water feed line for filling the wading pool.”
The park in question is unclear to Living New Deal.
Source notes
Hartford Courant, Nov. 15, 1937 (pg. 7): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/369788701/
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 5, 2023.
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