Highbridge Parks, Pool, and Play Center - Photo #15 - Highbridge Park in Manhattan

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Photo: FHL_1694-25, Mayor Fiorello H LaGuardia, New York City Department of Records and Information Sevices.
May 23, 1941; caption: "Highbridge Park, Manhattan: WPA workers standing by newly installed park benches." This demonstrates that besides the WPA's more obvious creations (pool, play center, playgrounds, and ball fields), it contributed to the general infrastructure: benches, paths, lighting, drainage, landscaping, trees, and plants, as can be seen by comparing the January 1934 image of the park with some of the modern views that follow.