About This Item

  • Call NumberHERZ_0314
  • TitleTearing down of old waterfront warehouse
  • SummaryAerial view taken from promenade on Brooklyn Heights of warehouse on Brooklyn waterfront being demolished; portion of fire escape in foreground and portion of ladder in background; portions of East River and Manhattan skyline in background.
  • Date1958
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: November, 1958; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Cityscapes [lctgm] ; Demolition -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Skyscrapers ; Warehouses
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, 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.
  • FolderIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection ; Folder: Brooklyn waterfront