Title: | Taking shape |
Description: | Aerial view of fenced-off construction pit showing steam shovel, truck, and several workers; backs of apartment buildings in background. Caption on verso: "TAKING SHAPE: Mechanical shovel and concrete forms are here shown shaping the foundation and cellar of the new Appellate Division Courthouse at Monroe Place and Pierrepont St., a project which will soon transform the appearance of the neighborhood and that has already started a mild real estate boom." |
Date: | 1937 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date inscribed: March 23/37; "Times-Union Photo." Retouched. |
Collection: | Government [4]
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Subject: |
Steam shovels [5] Building construction [6] Construction workers [7] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Aerial views. |
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: | GOVT 0017 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/57b6efbd3dcfcc9bef88169b77d31e80&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+Heights+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Government
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/s/Steam shovels
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Building construction
[7] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Construction workers