DID YOU KNOW that hundreds of
New York City landmarks were
created or reconstructed during the Great Depression by unemployed
architects, engineers, and workers hired by the Federal Government through
Franklin D. Roosevelt's
New Deal programs that put millions of people
back to work? Probably you didn't know because hardly any of them are
marked with
New Deal plaques or
cornerstones for
reasons
explained
here. This page shows just a few of more than
1000 New Deal Projects in New York City,
some of them used by millions of people every day.
Click any
image for more information about and/or photos of the site. Click the
"
Change images" button above to change the images on this page. Most
photos are by me; others are from Wikimedia Commons, Living New Deal, the
NYC Parks Department, and various historical archives.
Hint: If
you're on a computer, maximize your browser to see more images on the screen
(click the '☐' icon on the right end of the browser's title bar).