About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0017
  • TitleTaking shape
  • SummaryAerial view of fenced-off construction pit showing steam shovel, truck, and several workers; backs of apartment buildings in background. Caption on verso: "TAKING SHAPE: Mechanical shovel and concrete forms are here shown shaping the foundation and cellar of the new Appellate Division Courthouse at Monroe Place and Pierrepont St., a project which will soon transform the appearance of the neighborhood and that has already started a mild real estate boom."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date inscribed: March 23/37; "Times-Union Photo." Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Times-Union
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Times-Union]
  • SubjectSteam shovels -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Construction workers -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Government: Judiciary: Appellate Division: Supreme Court