Bedford-Stuyvesabt project rises
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| Title: | Bedford-Stuyvesabt project rises |
| Description: | Apartment building under construction; man walking toward building in center foreground; parked automobiles and construction debris at right and left. Caption on verso: "Bedford-Stuyvesant Project Rises: Nearly completed brickwork is shown on one of the seven buildings comprising the second section of Brevoort Houses, only low-rent project in the Federally aided housing program authorized for Brooklyn this year. Bounded by Patchen Ave., Bainbridge St., Ralph Ave. and Fulton St., the 484-family development is being built by the general contractor, Joseph P. Blitz, Inc., for the New York City Housing Authority." |
| Date: | 1954 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 1, 1954; New York City Housing Authority stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks and notations on recto. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Public housing Building construction |
| 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 0022 |
