Present view
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| Title: | Present view |
| Description: | View of block adjacent to Fort Greene Park, a portion of which is shown in lower left; smokestack and signs for Paramount and Fox theaters in background; large "X" inscribed over classical-style building in middle ground. Caption on verso: "Present View of portion of Title 1 Slum Clearance Project area which is due to be razed and upon which will rise, Phoenix-like, two new housing projects, the Kingsview Homes, Inc., a 276-unit co-operative, and University Towers, to be built by the Fred F. Trump interests, as well as important additions to the Brooklyn Hospital and Long Island University campus. Photo, taken from roof of one of buildings of Fort Greene Housing Project, located just to north and across Myrtle Ave., looks in southwesterly direction. Street in foreground, running from left to right, is St. Edwards St. . . . " |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Lambert, Al. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Lost architecture Parks |
| 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 0129 |
