- City:
- Omaha, NE
- Site Type:
- Zoos, Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1935
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed cat and bear cages at what was then known as the Riverview Park Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. A 1936 article cites “new cement cages” begun in the fall of 1935 that would house animals once the WPA completed construction. The status of the project is unknown to Living New Deal.
Source notes
Omaha World-Herald, August 18, 1936 (pg. 8): https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/863012018/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha%27s_Henry_Doorly_Zoo_and_Aquarium (accessed Aug. 3, 2023)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 2, 2023.
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