Aerial view of Brownsville
Title: | Aerial view of Brownsville |
Description: | Aerial view of large section of Brownsville, with white rectangular lines at top showing borders of eventual housing project; within borders two sections marked off as "Park" and one section marked off as "New Recreation Area." Caption on verso: "Second Brooklyn project is located around Betsy Head Park in the Brownsville section (above). The great majority of the buildings scheduled to be demolished are old-law tenements." |
Date: | 1938 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) |
More Details: |
On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 23/38. Title supplied by cataloger. Notations on recto. |
Collection: | Housing
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Subject: |
Public housing |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Aerial photographs. |
Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
ID: | HOUS 0026 |