1/25/2024 0 Comments Shelter 3 new orleans lakefrontEmile Karcher, Gus Wagner, and Arthur Barry are shown. Before view () shows Zone I, 150 feet east of West End lighthouse shell road and 25 feet south of the seawall. It was taken 25 feet east of the West End lighthouse shell road and 200 feet south of the seawall. Before view () shows a portion of Zone I after fill was pumped in. The after view shows the same area after the WPA developed the zone by grading, filling and paving roads and walks. The arrow points to Arthur Barry, 2.4 feet in fill. The dredge "Houston" stopped pumping in this zone on November 7, 1931. Before view () shows Zone I, 1100 feet east of the West End light house shell road and 150 feet south of the seawall. Shown here are the WPA-built bathing beach, bath house under construction, one of two powerful lights for night swimming, and a life guard tower. The after view shows the same area which has been transformed into a modern amusement park. Before view () showing the bulkhead of the seawall with the old Milneburg lighthouse in the background. Before view () taken looking east from the bath house near the old Spanish Fort, showing the partial fill. Shown here are a portion of the lakefront walk and the new seawall.īefore and after photographs. The after view shows the same area after work was completed and extensive improvements had been made. Before view () was taken looking west from the bath house near the old Spanish Fort amusement park showing the area reclaimed by the Levee Board. The after view shows the reclaimed area and the new bridge over Bayou St. Before view () showing the old amusement park at Spanish Fort. The after view shows the same area with the new amusement park and its WPA-built bathing beach, bath house under construction, and one of two light towers built by the WPA for night swimming. Before view () was taken from the Milneburg lighthouse looking to the east. The after view shows the same area in which is now situated the Naval Reserve Aviation Training Base which is being constructed party by the WPA and partly by the Navy. Before view () was taken looking west from a point about 500 feet north of road and about 100 feet west of track at Milneburg. The after view shows the same area after it was reclaimed and the WPA paved roadways and walks. Before view () was taken looking east from the intersection of the L&N railroad tracks and the levee at Milneburg. After view shows the new seawall and the network of drives paved by the WPA in a vast lakefront improvement program. Before view () shows the new shoreline near West End. For the after view, showing the lakefront roadway at the canal, see negatives filed: Lakefront paving, īefore and after photographs. Before view () shows the mouth of the London Avenue Canal. Army base hospital, LaGarde General Hospital, in the background. The after view shows the lakefront drive at West End, with the U.S. Before view () looking south from the old rowing club at West End. The after view shows the same area, now the site of the new amusement park. Before view () shows round piling and outboard waling before driving of sheet piling on the lakefront. The Southern Regional Research Laboratory can be seen in the background. The after view shows the same area developed by the WPA and reclaimed by the Levee Board. Before view () shows the old amusement park at Spanish Fort in Zone II, looking south. The old fort can be seen in the backgrouns. The after view shows how the WPA improved the site by paving drives and walks and landscaping. Before view () shows the old Spanish Fort. The after view shows the same area, now the site of LaGarde General Hospital, and Robert E. Before view () shows the lakefront a West End looking toward Spanish Fort. The after view shows the same area, now site of the Army's recreation center and the new amusement park. Before view () was taken in front of the "Bird Cage" cottage at Milneburg, looking toward the lake. WPA-built rest rooms at the lakefront amusement park. Miss Rose Marie Alfarez, only woman construction foreman on the WPA program in Louisiana, is making the clay model for the ornamental concrete benches she is designing and constructing for the lakefront development project. The Lakefront Development, carried on WPA under Levee Board sponsorship, will look like this map-relief model whem completed. WPA Photographs: Lakefront WPA Photographs
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