Larry Bleiberg
| Special to USA TODAY
Nearly 90 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt announced the New Deal, launching an unprecedented decade-long building spree that created parks, public art, monuments and much more.
“We’re surrounded by the legacy of the New Deal. It’s hidden in plain sight,” says Susan Ives of the Living New Deal (livingnewdeal.org), an organization that has documented more than 16,000 projects from the era, cataloged on its website and mobile app.
The University of California, Berkeley-based group also has published art and architecture map guides for Washington, D.C., New York and San Francisco, available for purchase online.
Ives and her colleagues share some notable sites with Larry Bleiberg for USA TODAY.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Morrison, Colorado
Generations of music fans have enjoyed performances under the stars at this amphitheatre west of Denver. It was built by Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration workers, who moved over 50,000 cubic yards of earth and rocks to shape the site.
“It’s totally unique and acoustically perfect and carved out of the stone,” Ives says. U2, Dave Matthews and Stevie Nicks are among many who have recorded performances here.
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