| Title: | Brownsville Houses project takes shape |
| Description: | Aerial view of construction site, with workers on roofs of three buildings at different elevations; construction sheds in foreground; apartment houses and water tower in background; snow on ground throughout. Caption on verso: "Brownsville Houses Project Takes Shape: Workmen push operations on 1,338-family project going up on site bounded by Sutter, Stone, Dumont and Rockaway Aves. View is toward Dumont Ave. When completed the development will consist of 27 three-story walkup and six-story elevator buildings. First families will probably move in by late Spring or early Summer." |
| Date: | 1947 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brownsville (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Feb. 16, 1947; New York City Housing Authority stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; 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 0029 |