About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0195
  • TitleNew Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering: caption: "New Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute--Architects' projection of Brooklyn Poly as it wil appear when the American Safety Razor Company's plant has been converted to educational purposes, and a projected library and students' lounge has been erected on that part of the Jay St. frontage toward Myrtle Ave. now occupied by tenements and a bar. Other boundaries of the Institute will be Johnson and Lawrence Sts., a square block."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 16, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Polytechnic Institute
  • 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
  • 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: Schools: Adult: Polytechnic Institute: Buildings