Squalor's 5th column
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| Title: | Squalor's 5th column |
| Description: | View of substandard conditions in housing project. Caption on verso: "Squalor's 5th Column: These views of wet and littered corridor [HOUS 0065] and broken doorknob [HOUS 0066] in Fort Greene Houses illustrate how rapidly slum clearance developments can slip towards slums again because of tenants' lack of pride and inadequate supervision. Borough projects of even later vintage than this show some deterioration." |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks; 7 x 9 in., with rectangular portion missing from lower left. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Apartment houses Public housing |
| 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 0065 |
