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).

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