About This Item

  • TitleWasted space, but not for long
  • Call NumberCBPL_0111
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Wasted space, but not for long--This photo, taken in the sub-basement of the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza, shows the original foundations of the building that was planned in 1912, but never constructed. The trench in which Chief Librarian, Francis R. S. John, left, is talking to a Brooklyn Eagle reporter will be covered with flooring after ventilating ducts are installed, in accordance with plans to complete interior construction of the edifice. Referred to as 'the hole' by library personnel, the sub-basement will be converted into a stack area for 500,000 additional books."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: caption stamped: Sep[t] 15, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuilding construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Library administrators -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public libraries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.