- City:
- San Francisco, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Schools
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
Built the playing field consisting of running track, 2 high jumps, pole vault, shot put, broad jump, pit and runway, equipment house; remodeled training quarters; surfaced basketball court and painted grandstands–Healy, p.72.
This facility operated as the High School of Commerce Athletic Field until 1952. By 1980, it had been razed to make room for the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. A plaque on the corner of the building at Hayes and Van Ness now commemorates the dynamic history of this city block.
Source notes
Healy, Clyde E. San Francisco Improved: Report of Clyde E. Healy, Assistant City Engineer - City of San Francisco and Coordinator of W.P.A. Projects, Period October 10, 1935 to August 31, 1939. San Francisco : [s.n.]., 1939.Site Details
| Total Cost |
|---|
| $29,249.00 |
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