Future view

Future view
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Title: Future view
Description:

Architectural model of housing project in Fort Greene, now a private co-op building. Caption on verso: "Future View of area is presented in this scale model which will be unveiled in lobby of Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn at Fulton St. and Dekalb Ave. at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Five buildings in foreground comprise Kingsview Homes, 276-unit co-operative housing project for middle-income families. Street running from lower center to right is Myrtle Ave. Immediately in front of project is St. Edwards St., while Ashland Place runs behind project and connects with Myrtle Ave. at right center . . . "

Date: 1954
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Lambert, Al.
More Details: On verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
Title from caption on verso.
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Housing
Subject: Public housing
Architectural models
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 0128