The great depression rampaging in the US from 1929 until the end of the 30s lead many Americans to lose their job and home. The woman in the photo lost all her property. The photo was called "Migrant Mother", taken by Dorothea Lang.
The ground wasn't suitable for anything else The city needed a place for the workers to relax It was built after the great depression to lift people's morale It was built to commemorate WWI Which of these was NOT invented in New York?