Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Free Event at West End Library: New Deal Structures in Alameda 1/13/11

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New Deal Structures in Alameda

Guest Speaker: Harvey Smith
Board President of the National New Deal Preservation Association
Thursday, January 13, 2011
7-8:30pm

This program will include a talk and Power Point presentation by Mr. Smith on New Deal structures in Alameda built through the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA). Alameda's West End Library was one of many projects funded nationwide by the Public Works Administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Designed by architect Carl Werner and
completed in 1936, the recently renovated library reopened on October 26, 2010.

Free event co-sponsored by the West End Library and Alameda Multicultural Community Center.
Everyone welcome. Wheelchair accessible.


West End Library
788 Santa Clara Ave.
Alameda, CA 94501
510-747-7767 

alamulticultural@gmail.com

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