About This Item

  • TitleBridge Plaza
  • Call NumberNEIG_0555
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of Cadman Plaza area of Downtown Brooklyn with plaza under construction in center, elevated subway tracks on both sides with subway in background. Caption: "Photo shows view of Bridge Plaza as seen from tall building near the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge. Borough Hall's office buildings are seen in the distance. Mild winter has permitted the gardening work of the former slum section into a park-like area which is far ahead of schedule."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: March 28/37; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso. Torn in upper right corner.
  • CreatorPinney, Roy [photographer]
  • SubjectOffice buildings ; Plazas ; Railroads, Elevated ; Railroad tracks ; Real estate development ; Subways
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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.