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  • TitleThe march of modern housing
  • Call NumberHOUS_0009
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0010), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of housinng project in early stages of construction, showing skeleton of three stories on lot set off by roadway and sign in front reading, "City of New York . . . Bay View Houses"; 0009 (8 x 10 in.) shows taxi and bus on roadway, with telephone poles along side of side; 0010 (3 x 10 in.) shows one automobile on roadway. Inscription on verso of 0010: "The March of Modern Housing: . . . Top view shows new Bayview Houses rising in 36-acre plot bounded by Shore Parkway, Rockaway Parkway, E. 102d St., and Sea View Ave. . . . Residents of Bayview's 1,603 apartments will have an unparalleled view of the bay and proposed beaches and landscaping of Canarsie Beach Park."
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0010. On verso of 0010: date stamped: Jan. 8, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.