Hillside Street-Area Improvements – East Hartford CT

City:
East Hartford, CT

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) conducted a project involving the “clearing and grubbing of land … between the Hockanum River And the new Hillside Avenue extension. About 30 men will be employed here.” Living New Deal believes this to be Hillside Street.

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.

Location Info

Hillside St.
East Hartford, CT

Location notes: Approx. location marker

Coordinates: 41.775227, -72.620040

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