The Civil Works Administration (CWA) lay a water main along Fourth Street SW in 1934. At the time, the street was known as 4 1/2 street. This was at the beginning of an extensive program of building new water mains… read more
West Potomac Park lies just below the National Mall and encircles the Tidal Basin. It is the site of many national landmarks, including the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, George Mason Memorial, and Martin Luther… read more
The planning and construction of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway largely predates the New Deal, but it was only completed in 1933-36 with help from the National Park Service (NPS), Civil Works Administration (CWA), Public Works Administration (PWA), Works… read more
The building contains a 1936 fresco by Eric Mose entitled “Power.” It was presumably done under the auspices of the WPA’s Federal Arts Project. The location of the mural in the building is unknown to us. The former Samuel… read more
Tucson Mountain Park, created in 1929, was opened to general recreation use in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working with the Pima County parks agency. The northern half of the original park was added to the Saguaro National… read more
Deer Valley Resort near Park City UT is one of Utah’s major ski areas, along with Park City, Alta and Snowbird. It is ranked among the top ski resorts in the country, thanks to the quality of powder snow in… read more
“”For the People, . . . a New Mountain Park,” proclaimed the headline of a 1937 article about Mount San Jacinto State Park’s Grand Opening. It could also be called a park “by the people” because of its grassroots acquisition and development. The park… read more
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the original Portland Airport (now Portland International, PDX) in the late 1930s. “The present PDX site was purchased by the Portland City Council in 1936. At the time it was 700 acres (280 ha) bordered… read more
The New Deal contributed substantially to the betterment of Rock Creek Park in the 1930s. This involved a number of federal agencies. Rock Creek Park is a key greenway in the District of Columbia and, at 1750 acres, is almost… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) made a host of improvements to Wind Cave National Park, which had been established by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. The improvements made in the 1930s included a new… read more