Neighbors felt cut down
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| Title: | Neighbors felt cut down |
| Description: | Caption: "Neighbors felt cut down--Argyle Road residents were stunned when workmen [in foreground] yesterday cut down four huge shade trees alongside site of addition to Public School 139 [located at 330 Rugby Road] at corner of Cortelyou Road. They insist city promised a year ago the trees would remain. One, a consulting engineer, figured cost of removal at $800. 'A ridiculous waste of taxpayers money and a handsome, tree-lined street is ruined in the bargain,' he said;" several wood-frame private houses in background. |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: Apr. 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Schools
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| Subject: |
Public School 139 (New York, N.Y.) Laborers Wooden-frame houses |
| 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: | SCHL 1370 |
