The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve Broadway in Long Beach, New York during the 1930s. One project called for the “surfacing [and] constructing sidewalks, curbs, and leaching basins.”
The federal Work Projects Administration worked to improve Ocean Beach [Park] and many of its attendant facilities during the 1930s. One project called for the reconstruction of “life guard stations, comfort stations, locker rooms, restaurants, and fences.”
The historic post office building in Long Beach, New York “was built in 1936 and designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under the direction of Louis A. Simon. It is a one-story, symmetrically massed building faced with red… read more
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “The Pleasures of the Bathing Beach” painted by Jon Corbino in 1939.
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
