Photo: Frank da Cruz, 19 July 2018.
New York City fire company Engine 70 Hook & Ladder 53 firehouse
plaque, City Island, the Bronx.. In all the years I've been photographing
New Deal sites, this is the FIRST WPA PLAQUE I have ever seen in New York
City. It says:
CITY OF NEW YORK
F. H. LA GUARDIA
MAYOR
F. H. LA GUARDIA
MAYOR
FIRE DEPARTMENT
JOHN J. McELLIGOTT
FIRE CHIEF & COMMISSIONER
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
UNDER THE SUPOERVSION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
IRVING V. A. HUIE
COMMISSIONER
ERECTED BY
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
1939
The New Deal in
NYC 1932-1943 |
Frank da Cruz |
fdc@columbia.edu