About This Item
- Call NumberNEIG_0951
- TitleThe gateway to Brooklyn
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1973), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two aerial view architectural renderings, in different sizes, of a proposed plaza on Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn between Grand Army Plaza in the background and Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge and East River in the foreground. Inscriptions on versos: 0951: "The gateway to Brooklyn, showing Grand Plaza on line of Flatbush Avenue Extension; Whitney Warren, architect;" 1973: Bird's-eye view of the gateway to Brooklyn."
- Date1909, 1911
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
- Genreaerial viewsarchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
- NoteStamped on verso: 0951: date: Dec. 17, 1911; 1973: date: May 21, 1909; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso of 0951.
- SubjectPlazas -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
- FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue Extension