About This Item

  • TitleLoew's Pitkin (Pitkin & Saratoga Aves.) opening Saturday, Nov. 23
  • Call NumberTHEA_0063
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering of ornate movie palace at 1501 Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, closed since 1969 and in ruinous condition but with possible plans for rebuilding as a charter school.
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 12 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 24/29. Retouched.
  • SubjectTheaters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Motion picture theaters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.