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WPA Berkeley Walk
With Harvey Smith

This walk will explore the “New Deal nexus” in Berkeley that includes Berkeley High School, the Community Theater, Civic Center Park, Post Office art, the old UC Press Building (now being repurposed as the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), and the old Farm Credit Building. The tour will also include the incredible mosaic mural on the UC Berkeley campus, photographs of the California Folk Music Project, Western Museum Laboratory, WPA prints at the Berkeley Public Library, and WPA projects on the UC Berkeley campus

See also:
http://newdeallegacy.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration
https://www.history.com/topics/works-progress-administration
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/works-progress-administration-wpa-1935/
http://www.laborfest.net/wp/event/wpa-berkeley-walk-2/

Laborfest: WPA Berkeley Walk
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Date	Saturday July 21
Time	10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Event Type	Teach-In
Organizer/Author	Laborfest
Location Details
Main Berkeley Post Office, 2000 Allston Way, Berkeley
WPA Berkeley Walk With Harvey Smith This walk will explore the “New Deal nexus” in Berkeley that includes Berkeley High School, the Community Theater, Civic Center Park, Post Office art, the old UC Press Building (now being repurposed as the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), and the old Farm Credit Building. The tour will also include the incredible mosaic mural on the UC Berkeley campus, photographs of the California Folk Music Project, Western Museum Laboratory, WPA prints at the Berkeley Public Library, and WPA projects on the UC Berkeley campus See also: http://newdeallegacy.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration https://www.history.com/topics/works-progress-administration https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/works-progress-administration-wpa-1935/ http://www.laborfest.net/wp/event/wpa-berkeley-walk-2/ For more event information: http://www.laborfest.net/wp/ Added to the calendar on Thursday Jun 21st, 2018 7:53 AM