ABSTRACT
The New Deal of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration granted funding toward the construction of buildings in Northwest Louisiana. On April 8, 1935, according to Hopkins, the federal government compiled all public works programs under the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, and Congress passed the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. Moreover, Shreveport's Public Works Department received a large grant that included buildings for the city. Today, sixty years after increasing in the city's commerce, the buildings continue to serve Shreveport's Public Works Department as an office, shop, and dispatching headquarters. Funding for these public works improvements would have been impossible for the city with the given economic times, but financed by the New Deal grants, Wiener's talents helped to improve the quality of life for Shreveport's citizens. Buildings constructed in Northwest Louisiana with New Deal funds established the standards for modern architectural styles that later graced area skylines and became a valued part of the region's cultural heritage.
