Folger Park

Folger Park

Folger Park was redesigned in the 1936 by the WPA to change the design into a square with a cross inside of it, and it hasn’t been changed from that to this day. Creating and redesigning parks in the 1930’s not only created jobs, but it also meant that the region's natural plants would have a place to thrive, and it encourages people to go outside, not as big of a problem in the 1930’s as it is today.

Meghan Foley

https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/folger-park-washington-dc/

1936

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October 14, 2019

Photograph and video

Folger Park is a very beautiful site, with a couple of benches to sit and read on, as well as trees and some wildlife. There isn’t much traffic in the area so it’s fairly quiet, as well as being very close to a metro stop, which means it’s very accessible. It was redesigned in 1936 by the WPA, and has stayed the same since then, with the design carved on a stone, which I included in my pictures. To document the site I used my phone to take a picture and record it. In the 1930’s they had cameras, but they were not easily portable, and most were only for pictures and couldn’t take a video. It would take a lot of time, money, and commitment in order to film what I got in seconds. So while the pictures are similar, and the park hasn’t changed much, the styles between today and in the ‘30’s is very different.