About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0566
  • TitleBrooklyn Civic Center
  • SummaryAerial view of Cadman Plaza construction site, with one building partially demolished, in Downtown Brooklyn with ornate clock tower in foreground, many commercial and office buildings, many parked and moving vehicles (mostly automobiles), and portion of Brooklyn Bridge in distant background.
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 26, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • SubjectCommercial buildings ; Office buildings ; Real estate development ; Towers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: Cadman Plaza 1951-1955