Albany did not have a public high school until 1936; students traveled to Berkeley, Richmond or Oakland. The WPA and PWA contributed to the building of Albany High between, roughly, 1936-1941. According to the Albany Times from that period, five… read more
'Build new addition to Cornell school building and install playground benches.' – 'Classification by County of California Works Projects,' California WPA, 1935
The Works Progress Administration built sidewalks on Ordway St. and Posen Ave in Albany CA in 1939.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed several sidewalks in Albany CA, which can be identified by distinctive WPA ‘sidewalk stamps’. Such markers were commonly impressed into wet concrete to show the name of sidewalk contractors in the first half of… read more