Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0053, BRID 0052, BRID 0051, BRID 0055, BRID 0054), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six views of the demolition of the elevated structure of the Brooklyn Bridge terminal on the Brooklyn side of the bridge. Typed caption (0053): "The train shed at the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge is nearly gone, only the steel structure remaining. In the background, visible for the first time from Borough Hall, is the Gair Building, and behind it is one of the Manhattan Bridge towers." Caption (0056): "Going down--Loolking north from Tillary St, with Washington St. at right and Cadman Plaza in the left background, as last girders of Brooklyn Bridge El terminal are being torn down. Demolition is part of project to bring Myrtle Ave El structure from the bridge to Myrtle Ave. and Jay St., where a new El terminal will be constructed out of the old girders." Four of the images are not dated.
Note0053: 5 x 8 in; 0054: 7 x 9 in. Date typed on verso of 0053: August 21, 1944; date stamped on verso of 0056: Apr. 9, 1943.
SubjectDemolition -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York ; Terminals (Transportation) -- New York (State) -- New York
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