mashable.com posted an article with pictures of the pop-up villages that appeared during the Great Depression, with one of the most famous ones, occuring in Central Park.
In New York City’s Central Park, the lower reservoir had been drained, slated to be filled in and planted to become the Great Lawn. Like many construction projects, the filling was stalled by the Depression. Soon, a handful of shacks sprouted up instead, housing a small colony of men.
The Central Park Hooverville became particularly famous, standing as it did in the shadows of the stately apartment buildings on both sides of Central Park. It had vanished by the time work on the reservoir landfill resumed in April 1933.
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