Taking shape

Taking shape
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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.)
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title from caption on verso.
On verso: date inscribed: March 23/37; "Times-Union Photo."
Retouched.
Collection: Government
Subject: Steam shovels
Building construction
Construction workers
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