Title: | Scene of misplaced foundation |
Description: | Aerial view of construction site for housing project at Rockaway, Stone, and Dumont Avenues; workers in raincoats on second floor of building in foreground; steam shovel lowering equipment to them; prominent neo-classical building amid smaller buildings in background. Caption on verso: "Scene of Misplaced Foundation: This is a general view of the $13,298,000 Brownsville Housing Project." |
Date: | 1946 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Dec. 13, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Housing [4]
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Subject: |
Building construction [5] Public housing [6] |
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: | HOUS 0025 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/fb35cc91c395f507e11e4bc6fa603462&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brownsville+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Housing
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Building construction
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Public housing