Living New Deal

Last week I heard Gray Brechin, author of Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin and Farewell, Promised Land: Waking From The California Dream speak on campus. After working on those two books, he needed a cheerier project, so he has been involved with the Living New Deal Project. This is an effort to document the public works in California created through Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. These projects included schools, gardens, amphitheatres, infrastructure like power stations and airports, public art works, and many other features on the landscape, constructed by federal programs such as the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Their map of California New Deal projects is here — if you know of other sites that should be added do let them know.