Astoria Park Pool and Play Center
[UNVERIFIED CONTENT] Astoria, Queens The Astoria Play Center is one of a group of eleven immense new outdoor swimming pools which were opened in the summer of 1936 in a series of grand ceremonies presided over by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and Park Commissioner Robert Moses. All were constructed largely with funding provided by the Works Progress Administration, one of the many New Deal agencies created during the 1930s to address the effects of America's Great Depression. Designed to accommodate a total of 49,000 users simultaneously at locations scattered across the entire city, and completed just two and a half years after the LaGuardia administration took office, the new pool complexes gained quick recognition as being among the most remarkable public recreational facilities ever constructed in this country.
PURCHASE A LICENSE
How can I use this image?
$499.00
USD
DETAILS
Restrictions:
Contact your local office for all commercial or promotional uses.
Credit:
Editorial #:
159347277
Collection:
Moment
Date created:
January 09, 2013
Upload date:
License type:
Release info:
Not released. More information
Source:
Moment Editorial
Object name:
4799099376.jpg