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Laurel Homes Historic District is a registered historic district in Cincinnati, Ohio, listed in the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1987. It contained 29 contributing buildings. All but three of the historic low-income public housing projects was razed between 2000–02 to make way for new condominiums.
Berry Brothers Bolt Works. February 19, 1988 ... Now the Columbus Public Health building 115 # Ohio Baptist General Association Headquarters ... Ohio Institution for ...
Photograph of the regional directors and Washington, D.C., administrative staff of the Public Works of Art Project (1934) Regional map, Public Works of Art Project The vision and advocacy of artists George Biddle and Edward Bruce are credited for the creation and management of the New Deal art programs of the United States Department of the Treasury.
The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression .
The Living New Deal is a research project and online public archive documenting the scope and impact of the New Deal on American lives and the national landscape. [1] The project focuses on public works programs, which put millions of unemployed to work, saved families from destitution, and renovated the infrastructure of the United States.
This is a list of historic country estates in Lake County, Ohio built between the years 1895 and 1930. Around 1885 the city of Cleveland, Ohio was home to an estimated 70 millionaires. Around 1885 the city of Cleveland, Ohio was home to an estimated 70 millionaires.
In 1933, nearly $145 million in public funds was appropriated for the construction of federal buildings, such as courthouses, schools, libraries, post offices and other public structures, nationwide. Under the direction of the Public Works of Art Project, the agency oversaw the production of 15,660 works of art by 3,750 artists.
Projects were closely scrutinized by the Section for style and content, and artists were paid only after each stage in the creative process was approved. [6] The Section and the Treasury Relief Art Project were overseen by Edward Bruce, who had directed the Public Works of Art Project (1933–1934). They were commission-driven public work ...