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  • Title[Aerial view of Fort Greene]
  • Call NumberHOUS_0073
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0084), some of which may also be described in this new record; Aerial view of Fort Greene toward Brooklyn Navy Yard, showing part of Fort Greene Park at lower right and blocks north of the park to be razed for construction of high-rise housing project; images identical except that 0084 lacks border; lines and notations on recto ("New Recreation Area") inscribed in bolder hand on 0084. Caption on verso of 0084: "The first of the proposed housing and recreation projects in Brooklyn submitted by Park Commissioner Moses consists of clearing a considerable part of the Navy Yard district, aerial view of which is shown above. Moses characterized the section as one of the worst slum districts in the city."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0084: date inscribed: Nov. 23/38. Title supplied by cataloger. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Public housing -- 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.