About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2327
  • TitleStorm-battered area
  • SummaryCaption: "Storm-battered area--Photo shows a section of Manhattan Beach Esplanade as it has looked in recent years. In a move to protect the community's residents and homes, Borough President Abe Stark is urging construction of reinforced concrete 'curtain wall' and parapet to withstand effects of storms in this area which faces Atlantic ocean. Project's estimated cost is about $1,000,000;" several homes and yards along left.
  • Date[1952]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectErosion ; Seawalls [lctgm] ; Shorelines
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Manhattan Beach: Esplanade