• General Logan Boulevard (former) Paving - South Park Township PA
    General Logan Boulevard, a.k.a. "the old Weyman-Baptist Rd., which links Overbrook with the South Park sector, has been re-christened," or, the "road from Saw Mill Run Boulevard to South Park," was one road paved as part of New Deal efforts, sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The road in question is likely what have since become Provost Road and Brownsville Road. Pittsburgh Press: "Among the six miles of roads to be paved by PWA are the Allegheny River Blvd. extension, Ingomar Road, Buttermilk Hollow Rd., General Logan Blvd. to South Park, and part of the Ohio River Boulevard through Haysville and Glenfield."
  • Road Improvements - South Park Township PA
    Among a set of 26 WPA projects approved for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in Sept. 1935 was "increasing width of roadway in Snowden township." (Snowden is an unincorporated community within South Park Township.) The Federal government allocated $3,688 for the project and local sponsors contributed $1,865.
  • South Park Improvements - South Park Township PA
    Among the 26 WPA projects in Allegheny County approved in Sept. 1935 were two allocations for improvements to South Park, which lies about 10 miles south of downtown Pittsburgh. The allocations were approved for "construction of a grandstand," for which the Federal government allocated $40,057 and local sponsors supplied $39,981; and "construction of picnic tables, shelters, and ovens," for which the Federal government allocated $26,118 and local sponsors supplied $18,604.