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| Title: | View |
| Description: | View of six-story apartment buildings nearing completion in housing project north of Fort Greene Park; construction worker with back to camera in center foreground; construction equipment and debris around him; elevated subway track and portion of Fort Greene Park with Prison Ships Martyrs Monument in background. Caption on verso: "View: The greenery of Fort Greene Park and the shaft of the historic monument rising above them are visible from the windows of many of the apartments in the project." |
| Date: | 1942 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1942. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Housing
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| Subject: |
Public housing Apartment houses Building construction Construction workers |
| 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 0083 |
