THE LIVING NEW DEAL PROJECT

DOCUMENTING AND MAPPING ALL NEW DEAL PUBLIC WORKS ACROSS THE USA, AND PROVIDING INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEW DEAL. IN THE DEPTHS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT PROMISED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A NEW DEAL. OVER THE DECADE 1933-43, A CONSTELLATION OF FEDERALLY SPONSORED PROGRAMS PUT MILLIONS OF JOBLESS AMERICANS BACK TO WORK AND HELPED TO REVIVE A MORIBUND ECONOMY. THE RESULT WAS A RICH LANDSCAPE OF PUBLIC WORKS ACROSS THE NATION, OFTEN OF OUTSTANDING BEAUTY, UTILITY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP. NO CITY, TOWN, OR RURAL AREA WAS UNTOUCHED BY THE NEW DEAL. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ROADS, SCHOOLS, THEATERS, LIBRARIES, HOSPITALS, POST OFFICES, COURTHOUSES, AIRPORTS, PARKS, FORESTS, GARDENS, AND ARTWORKSCREATED IN ONLY ONE DECADE BY OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTSARE STILL IN USE TODAY. THE LONG-TERM PAYOFF FROM THIS PUBLIC INVESTMENT HELPED PROPEL AMERICAN ECONOMIC GROWTH AFTER THE WORLD WAR AND IS STILL WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TODAY. BECAUSE THESE PUBLIC WORKS W