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  • TitleView
  • Call NumberHOUS_0083
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of six-story apartment buildings nearing completion in housing project north of Fort Greene Park; construction worker with back to camera in center foreground; construction equipment and debris around him; elevated subway track and portion of Fort Greene Park with Prison Ships Martyrs Monument in background. Caption on verso: "View: The greenery of Fort Greene Park and the shaft of the historic monument rising above them are visible from the windows of many of the apartments in the project."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1942. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Apartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.