- City:
- Bronx, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Description
The WPA allocated $56,003 (later reduced to $34,703.70) toward the filling of what was then a canal in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. The project entailed filling the canal between 135th and 138th Streets.
The Mott Haven street names Canal Place and Canal Street West embody the now-historical facet of the neighborhood’s past.
WPA Official Project No. 65-97-432(?).
Source notes
National Archives; Record Group 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration; Records of the Project Control Division; microfilm publication T935; roll 41.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 10, 2014.
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