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| Title: | Model wins approval of experts |
| Description: | Five officials gathered around model of housing project in Fort Greene; Caption on verso of HOUS 0130: "Model Wins Approval of Experts: Eight-foot square full scale model of the 20-acre Fort Greene rehabilitation development area, unveiled yesterday on the ground floor of the Dime Savings Bank, Fulton St. and Dekalb Ave., by City Controller Lawrence Gerosa. Looking on are, left to right, George C. Johnson, president of the bank; Louis H. Pink, president of the Kingsview Homes, Inc., builder of the 14 and 15-story apartment buildings being built on the site; Robert E. Blum, vice president of Abraham & Straus and president of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences; Horace O. Westman, vice president of the National City Bank of New York, and Robert Moses, City Construction Co-ordinator and chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Slum Clearance." |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Geller, Jules. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso of HOUS 0130. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. Public housing Architectural models Municipal officials and employees |
| 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 0131 |
