Title: | Bedford-Stuyvesabt project rises |
Description: | Apartment building under construction; man walking toward building in center foreground; parked automobiles and construction debris at right and left. Caption on verso: "Bedford-Stuyvesant Project Rises: Nearly completed brickwork is shown on one of the seven buildings comprising the second section of Brevoort Houses, only low-rent project in the Federally aided housing program authorized for Brooklyn this year. Bounded by Patchen Ave., Bainbridge St., Ralph Ave. and Fulton St., the 484-family development is being built by the general contractor, Joseph P. Blitz, Inc., for the New York City Housing Authority." |
Date: | 1954 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 1, 1954; New York City Housing Authority stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks and notations on recto. |
Collection: | Housing [4]
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Subject: |
Public housing [5] Building construction [6] |
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 0022 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/ee0da8dbe20aafb426bcedc598aa9cf6&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Bedford-Stuyvesant+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Housing
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Public housing
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Building construction