At Concord Village ceremony
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| Title: | At Concord Village ceremony |
| Description: | Dignitaries on platform draped with bunting at construction site in Brooklyn Heights. Caption on verso: "At Concord Village Ceremony: Borough President Cashmore wields the trowel at the laying of the cornerstone yesterday of Concord Village, giant apartment project being built by 18 borough savings banks. Shown, left to right, are City Council Majority Leader Joseph T. Sharkey, George V. McLaughlin, president of the Brooklyn War Memorial; the Rev. James F. Kelly, administrator of St. James Pro-Cathedral; Mr. Cashmore, John J. Moran, building superintendent; a workman, Park Commissioner Robert Moses, and former Municipal Court Justice Edward A. Richards, president of East New York Savings Bank and of Concord Freeholders, Inc." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Jun. 8, 1950; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Moses, Robert, 1888-1981. Cashmore, John, 1895-1961. Cornerstone laying Municipal officials and employees 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 0038 |
