About This Item
- TitleLight and air
- Call NumberHOUS_0072
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryView from partially completed apartment towards surrounding six-story apartment buildings in housing project north of Fort Greene Park; construction debris on street below. Caption on verso: "Light and Air: Yes, Mr. and Mrs. Homeseeker, you will find these conditions abundantly provided for in the new community dwellings near the Navy Yard. Note the view through the window toward Brooklyn skyline."
- 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. Grease pencil cropping marks.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; High-rise apartment buildings -- 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.