Brownsville Houses project takes shape

Brownsville Houses project takes shape
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Title: Brownsville Houses project takes shape
Description:

Aerial view of construction site, with workers on roofs of three buildings at different elevations; construction sheds in foreground; apartment houses and water tower in background; snow on ground throughout. Caption on verso: "Brownsville Houses Project Takes Shape: Workmen push operations on 1,338-family project going up on site bounded by Sutter, Stone, Dumont and Rockaway Aves. View is toward Dumont Ave. When completed the development will consist of 27 three-story walkup and six-story elevator buildings. First families will probably move in by late Spring or early Summer."

Date: 1947
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brownsville (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: On verso: date stamped: Feb. 16, 1947; New York City Housing Authority stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Housing
Subject: Building construction
Public housing
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Aerial views.
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 0029