Firetrap street
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| Title: | Firetrap street |
| Description: | Row of small wood-frame houses on both sides of walkway, tricycle in right foreground, two trees in left foreground, and pedestrian and commercial/residential building in background. Caption: "Firetrap street--view of alley off Surf Ave. in Coney Island shows type of street blasted by Robert Moses in report to Mayor on city's firetraps. Rows of summer cottages, now occupied year round, are crowded along streets which City Construction Co-ordinator has called too narrow to admit fire-fighting equipment." |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Dec. 5, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Coney Island
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| Subject: |
Bungalows Cottages |
| 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: | CONE 0113 |
