Title: | Acres of glass |
Description: | View looking up towards apartment tower with open windows in newly completed housing project north of Fort Greene Park. Caption on verso: "Acres of Glass: Many windows of Fort Greene Houses give them an airy appearance. Photographer aimed his camera skyward to get this interesting picture." |
Date: | 1942 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1942. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Housing [4]
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Subject: |
Public housing [5] High-rise apartment buildings [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 0077 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/7ed465ff16488dbb84d41ff340090f5e&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Fort+Greene+%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/h/High-rise apartment buildings