About This Item


  • TitleThe Coignet Building before renovation.
  • Call NumberOSOS_0293
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThe Coignet Building with sign: For sale or lease. Located at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street.
  • Date2014-03-14
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, color
  • Genrecolor photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor. Original photograph digitized on January 29, 2016 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by James Shanahan at Dyker Library. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • Creator[unknown]
  • SubjectAbandoned buildings ; Coignet, François, 1814-1888
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gowanus Canal (New York, N.Y.)
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