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.) [2] Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1942. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Housing [4]
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Subject: |
Public housing [5] Building construction [6] High-rise apartment buildings [7] |
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 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/3015e525003ed5e3ad976be3e33b64d9&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Fort+Greene+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Housing
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Public housing
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Building construction
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/h/High-rise apartment buildings