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Bass Museum of Art Improvements – Miami Beach FL

Originally the Miami Beach Public Library & Art Center, this building was designed by Russell Pancoast in 1930. FERA later completed the interiors of the rooms on the ground floor.

Project type: Education and Health, Libraries, Museums
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs

Flamingo Park Grandstands (demolished) – Miami Beach FL

Flamingo Park, also known as Flamingo Field, was a ballpark built in 1925. In 1935, new grandstands were built by FERA. The ballpark served a number of professional baseball teams for many years, but eventually became rundown, and was replaced… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Stadiums
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs

Lummus Park Facilities (demolished) – Miami Beach FL

Lummus Park is a beach-side park stretching along the Eastern side of Ocean Dr. from 5th – 15th streets. Under FERA projects 13-129: 13-B3-146, federal workers built 8 new shuffleboard courts and a new concrete-floored pavilion. The park was renovated… read more

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Shelters
Agency: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs

Post Office – Miami Beach FL

“The Miami Beach Post Office is a historic 1937 Art Moderne U.S. Post Office building in Miami Beach, Florida designed by Howard Lovewell Cheney.” The historic building, which houses examples of New Deal artwork, was constructed with historic Treasury Department… read more

Project type: Civic Facilities, Federal Facilities, Post Offices
Agency: Treasury Department, Federal & Military Operations

Post Office Murals – Miami Beach FL

"Episodes from the History of Florida"

The historic Miami Beach post office houses three New Deal murals depicting “Episodes from the History of Florida” painted in 1940 by WPA artist Charles Russell Hardman. (The federal agency that commissioned the works was the Treasury Section of Fine… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Arts Programs

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