About This Item

  • TitleJewish Communal Center of Flatbush
  • Call NumberSWEL_0397
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering. Caption: "Jewish Communal Center of Flatbush--Under construction at 1312-1320 Avenue I, this $500,000 center, designed for the Jewish Communal Center Group, will be completed in mid-October. The center will include eight large classrooms, club rooms, offices, nursery school, library, play rooms, gymnasium and theater. The architect, Morris Lapidus, won the National Recreation Congress prize for designing the center."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 31, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLapidus, Morris
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJewish Communal Center of Flatbush (New York, N.Y.) ; Jewish community centers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.