Light and air

Light and air
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Title: Light and air
Description:

View from partially completed apartment towards surrounding six-story apartment buildings in housing project north of Fort Greene Park; construction debris on street below. Caption on verso: "Light and Air: Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Homeseeker, you will find these conditions abundantly provided for in the new community dwellings near the Navy Yard. Note the view through the window toward Brooklyn skyline."

Date: 1942
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: On verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1942.
Title from caption on verso.
Grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Housing
Subject: Public housing
Building construction
High-rise apartment buildings
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
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 0072