About This Item
- TitleBird's eye view of downtown Brooklyn of the future
- Call NumberGOVT_0062
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryArchitectural rendering. Caption: "Bird's Eye View of Downtown Brooklyn of the Future: Looking southwest acros the Brooklyn Civic Center, in architects's conception of what area will look like when long-range plans are completed. Manhattan Bridge approach (Flatbush Ave. Ext.) is in center foreground and Brooklyn Bridge approach (Adams St.) at right, both bridges being out of view at right. Buildings on west side of Fulton St. are not included in master-plan."
- Date1952
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genreaerial viewsarchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
- NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 15, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. On recto (upper left): "Perspective of Proposed Brooklyn Civic Center, New York City Planning Commission."
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectMunicipal buildings -- 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.)
- 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.