About This Item


  • TitleView looking over Court House toward the Municipal Building and Brooklyn Bridge approach
  • Call NumberGOVT_0076
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering showing proposed develpments in downtown Brooklyn, looking toward Brooklyn Bridge (except for one copy, which mistakenly corresponds to southward looking image of 0057 and 0061); central court house apparently never built; heading above title on recto reads, "Brooklyn Committee on Court House Site."
  • Date1913
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle from label on recto. Date on label of recto: June 1913. On recto: "E. H. Bennett, Architect."
  • CreatorBennett, E. H.
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Unbuilt architectural projects -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plazas -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.