City Auditorium murals, Monument Creek wall are part of New Deal's legacy
Colorado Springs has a reputation as a place that favors small government and limited public spending, but 75 years ago the city was a hub for projects funded by the government's New Deal.Without those projects, Rampart Range Road wouldn't snake into the mountains, Garden of the Gods wouldn't be studded with juniper trees, Monument Creek might still flood its banks and some of the city's most visible public art wouldn't exist.This year marks the 75th anniversary of the New Deal, a series of programs that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pushed through as his "stimulus package" to help the ...
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