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Bayshore Boulevard – Tampa FL

Bayshore Boulevard, Tampa, Florida

The PWA funded the construction of Bayshore Boulevard, along Hillsborough Bay in Tampa. At 6.5 miles, it is claimed to be the longest continuous sidewalk in the world.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Bayshore Boulevard Improvements – Tampa FL

This was one of many WPA projects in Tampa: “The most outstanding project was the work done on Bayshore Blvd., the first allotment for which was made on Nov. 4, 1935, amounting to $248,689.  During the next 3 years, new… read more

Project type: Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Cuscaden Park – Tampa FL

Cuscaden Park in Tampa’s Ybor City was constructed by the WPA in 1935.

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Florida State Fairgrounds Improvements – Tampa FL

During the Depression, the WPA spent $465,000 for buildings and other improvements at the fairgrounds. Which exact buildings were WPA and their current status is unknown to the Living New Deal.

Project type: Parks and Recreation, Fairgrounds
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory – Tampa FL

Fort Homer W. Hesterly Armory

“Fort Homer W. Hesterly is a historic building at 522 North Howard Avenue in the West Tampa section of Tampa, Florida. An art deco style building. It took ten years to find an occupant for the building, once a premiere… read more

Project type: Armories, Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety
Agency: Unknown

Hillsborough High School Gymnasium – Tampa FL

The Hillsborough High School was built in 1927 but soon thereafter the Great Depression caused a halt to construction of the gymnasium and the track. These were eventually built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration under the supervision of… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Gymnasiums, Schools
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

MacDill Field: Defense Housing Project – Tampa FL

In 1941, the Public Works Administration (PWA) funded the construction of the MacDill Field Defense Housing Project in Tampa FL. The housing was built for Army enlisted personnel.  

Project type: Military and Public Safety
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Peter O. Knight Airport – Tampa FL

“Peter O. Knight Airport…is an airport on Davis Islands, five minutes (3 NM or 5.6 km or 3.5 mi[1]) from downtown Tampa, Florida. Built as a Works Progress Administration project, it was Tampa’s main airport from 1935 to 1945, and is still used… read more

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Plant Park – Tampa FL

The WPA spent $186,000 improving Plant Park in the 1930s.

Project type: Parks and Recreation
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Tampa International Airport – Tampa FL

“The development of Drew Field was a WPA project of major importance… In 1933, when Tampa began planning projects to provide work for the unemployed with federal assistance, Drew Field came back into the picture.  The city’s lease on the… read more

Project type: Airports, Infrastructure and Utilities
Agency: Civil Works Administration (CWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Tampa International Airport Murals – Tampa FL

"Montgolfier Brothers"

The seven murals on display in the Airside E Terminal of the Tampa International Airport were commissioned from artist George Snow Hill in 1939 under New Deal sponsorship: “In the late 1930’s, local artist George Snow Hill was commissioned to… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs

University of Tampa: Plant Hall Improvements – Tampa FL

Plant Hall was formerly known as the Tampa Bay Hotel. It was built in the late 19th century. By the 1930s it was in disrepair until the WPA restored the building and converted it into use by the University of… read more

Project type: Archaeology and History, Colleges and Universities, Education and Health, Historical Restoration
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

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