New Haven Sites

W.P.A. improvements to the former Armory building, which Living New Deal believes to be the facility at 869 Orange St., include: Paint interior and exterior of building Official Project Number: 165‐15‐2055 Total project cost: $1,474.00 Sponsor: Quartermaster General's Department Paint interior and exterior of Cavalry Armory building Official Project Number: 65‐15‐1947

With funding from the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and, later, the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the City of New Haven CT was able to construct a parkway from West Rock Park to a location six miles away known as Bethany Gap. According to the New Haven Museum, funds appropriated for the construction of the parkway helped “put unemployed persons to work during a period of record unemployment in the nation and state.” Baldwin Drive continues to serve residents today. 

W.P.A. improvements to the former Cavalry Armory building, which Living New Deal believes to be the facility at 270 Goffe St., include: Paint interior and exterior of Cavalry Armory building Official Project Number: 65‐15‐1947

The Timothy Ahearn Memorial in New Haven, Connecticut was created under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in 1937.

The Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) conducted a massive development / improvement program at what is now known as Tweed New Haven Airport. Official Project Number: 165‐1‐15‐30 Total project cost: $3,031,708.00 Sponsor: City of New Haven

New Haven's historic Westville Station post office was constructed during the Great Depression with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses a New Deal mural inside, is still in use today.

Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Pursuit of the Regicides" painted in 1939 by Karl Anderson.