"Vari-colored lighted fountain at New Orleans Airport (daylight exposure). Fountain of the Winds, constructed by the WPA as a part of a general beautification program at the airport."

ID: 5099 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division, WPA Photograph Collection, Series 03.19. ~ Date: July 8, 1938.

This file appears in: The Works Progress Administration Renovations and the Fall of Abe Shushan

This file appears in: The Works Progress Administration Renovations and the Fall of Abe Shushan

The Works Progress Administration Renovations and the Fall of Abe Shushan

By Teresa Thessen

In 1936, a $250,000 Works Progress Administration beautification project took place at the airport and included extensive landscaping, paving roads and runways, and this fountain. Enrique Alférez…