Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was “grading and landscaping [an] athletic field” in Mount Lebanon. The Federal government allocated $11,970 for the project and local sponsors contributed $2,336. The exact… read more
“The Mt. Lebanon swimming pool was built in the 1930s as a Works Progress Administration project. In the 1970s, it underwent renovation.” The exact location of the pool is unknown to Living New Deal.
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