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.) [2] Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: Apr. 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Schools [4]
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Subject: |
Public School 139 (New York, N.Y.) [5] Laborers [6] Wooden-frame houses [7] |
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 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/03549b65662e030e832f74204363928f&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Flatbush+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Schools
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Public School 139 (New York, N.Y.)
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/l/Laborers
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/w/Wooden-frame houses