The Martinez downtown post office contains an oil-on-canvas New Deal mural, “The Road to Eldorado” by noted California artists Edith Hamlin and Maynard Dixon. It was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1939. The subject matter of… read more
In 1939-1940, the Work Projects Administration (WPA) channelized Sausal Creek as part of creating Dimond Park. The work consisted of building concrete walls to stop erosion, installing grade control step-downs, and putting culverts to let roads pass over the creek…. read more
Delano High School was built with the aid of funds from the Public Works Administration (PWA). The name of the school at the time of construction was Delano Joint Union High School. The building design is elegant Streamline Moderne, on… read more
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the Veterans Boulevard approach road and tunnel to the Golden Gate Bridge (not itself a New Deal project) in 1939-40. The roadway runs north-south across the Presidio of San Francisco, connecting… read more
The Roosevelt pool in Susanville was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1939. It began as a community pool – a project long sought by the people of Susanville – and then was attached to Roosevelt School… read more