About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0057
  • TitleAreas in playground wrangle
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0056), some of which may also be described in this new record; Bensonhurst neighborhood (67th Street between 12 Avenue and 13th Avenue) with church, several residential buildings, and two vacant lots. Caption: "Areas in playground wrangle--Plans of city to build playground in Bensonhurst have stirred up angry dispute. ... Picture shows fenced in vacant church property adjoining Regina Pacis Votive Shrine which ... Vincent DeMartino and Louis P. Logosso propose as alternate site for playground. Argument will come to head at hearing before City Planning Commission Sept. 9."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Catholic church buildings ; Dwellings
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBensonhurst (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Bensonhurst: Neighborhoods