Aerial view of Brownsville

Aerial view of Brownsville
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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
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