About This Item

  • Title[Aerial view of Fort Greene and vicinity]
  • Call NumberHOUS_0082
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of Fort Greene and vicinity, showing apartment towers of housing project adjacent to Fort Greene Park in central foreground; other high-rise buildings and construction sites in foreground at bottom; baseball field prominent in left foreground; Williamsburg Savings Bank tower at upper right.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep. 23, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title supplied by cataloger. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • SubjectHigh-rise apartment buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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.