Broadway Auditorium in Buffalo, New York was improved substantially ca. 1936 by federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. 150 men were put to work as part of this effort. The building now serves as a municipal Streets Department warehouse.
Buffalo, New York’s Minucipal Auditorium was a $2.7 million New Deal-funded project. Ground was broken on November 30, 1939 and the auditorium opened October 14, 1940. Sources differ with regard to the source of the New Deal funding — an… read more
“Buffalo Zoo Entrance Court – funded by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA), the entry court and gates (1935-38) are the most intact surviving work of John Edmonston Brent, one of few African Americans practicing as both an architect and… read more
Cazenovia Park and the nearby South Park in Buffalo were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 19th century. Improvements to the park continued throughout the early 1900s. In 1935, the WPA built a pedestrian suspension bridge across a… read more
A WPA photo (pictured) shows a bathhouse and two swimming pools built by the WPA for what was then the Buffalo City Hospital. The hospital was renamed the Edward J. Meyer Memorial Hospital in 1939, and has since been expanded… read more
Clearwater Reservoir, located under what is now La Salle Park (formerly Centennial Park) along the shores of Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, was a massive federal Work Progress Administration project completed in 1936. The project put thousands of local… read more
Also known as the 174th Regiment Armory, the Connecticut Street Armory was ‘overhauled’ by federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor.
The Cyclorama Building was built in 1888 and showcased a variety of cycloramic exhibits, including “The Crucifixion of Christ” and “The Battle of Gettysburg.” The city of Buffalo acquired the building in 1910, using it as a livery and taxi… read more
This photo shows a “twin arch bridge” on Delaware Ave. under construction by the WPA in 1936. Google maps shows that the bridge is still standing.
The major thoroughfare of Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, New York was improved substantially ca. 1936 by federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) labor. More than 400 men were put to work as part of this effort.
The WPA was responsible for the demolition of Elmwood Music Hall in Buffalo, NY in September 1938. The building, which previously served as an armory, was located at the northeast corner of Elmwood Avenue and Virginia Street. “The building was… read more
Originally the Erie County Jail, the Erie County Sheriff’s Office in Buffalo, New York was constructed with federal Public Works Administration funds (Docket No. 1282-D). Construction began February 1937 and the building was completed in 1938. According to a local… read more
Buffalo, New York’s first public housing project, known as Kenfield, was located on what had previously been vacant land a few miles northeast of the city’s downtown. Federal Public Works Administration funds (Docket No. H-6703) supported the project’s construction. The… read more
La Salle Park, along the shore of Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York, was originally known as Centennial Park. The WPA helped to develop the site, in conjunction with the completion of the Clearwater Reservoir, ca. 1936.
Mead Library in the Lovejoy neighborhood of Buffalo, New York was constructed in the 1930s by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). “After the Erie County Library Board selected the Mead Library as one of several Buffalo branch libraries to be… read more
The Art Moderne Michael J. Dillon U.S. Courthouse in Buffalo, New York was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building was constructed in 1936 and is still in use today.
Riverside Park in Buffalo, New York was improved in 1938 by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). 230 men were put to work on the project.
WPA photos (pictured) show the Schiller Park pools and locker house built by the WPA in Buffalo, New York. Google images do not show an existing pool. Google Earth shows remains of the Pool House (42 54’ 43”N 78 48’… read more
A massive combination sewer construction project in Buffalo, New York was undertaken during the Great Depression with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The three-year effort amounted to one of the largest construction projects in the country… read more
South Park and the nearby Cazenovia Park in Buffalo were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in the late 19th century. The caption to the Works Progress Administration (WPA) photo pictured here lists this water tank as one of five water tanks… read more
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) resurfaced Suffolk St. in Buffalo, New York during the 1930s.
A WPA stadium originally completed in 1937, War Memorial Stadium (a.k.a. the Rockpile, or Best Street Stadium) housed the Buffalo Bills before falling into disuse. Though the stadium itself was demolished in 1988, its northeast and southeast entrances have been… read more