Some San Francisco preservationists are raising an alarm about the decay of WPA murals inside the city’s iconic Coit Tower. As they collect signatures to place a measure on the ballot to preserve the 75 to 80-year-old artwork, historians say other WPA projects in the Bay Area and across the nation are similarly threatened by time and neglect.
We look at the distinctive artwork, buildings, bridges and other public works from that era.
- More: About the Living New Deal Project – at Berkeley.edu
- More: San Francisco’s Famed Coit Tower Murals in Peril Due to Fog, Neglect – from the PBS NewsHour
- More: Photos of Coit Tower murals – KQED Arts
- More: Protect Coit Tower – at ProtectCoitTower.org