About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0547
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge Plaza
  • SummaryCadman Plaza construction site in Downtown Brooklyn with sign: "Brooklyn Bridge Plaza Project," several moving automobiles, and intersecting streets in foreground, several workmen in site in center, several parked and moving vehicles, several pedestrians, and large office building on far right, and several buildings, elevated subway platform and portion of Brooklyn Bridge in background.
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing; rectangular piece 1/2 in x 4 in. missing in bottom center. On verso: date inscribed: Oct. 11/36. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Commercial buildings ; Plazas ; Real estate development
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Downtown Brooklyn: Cadman Plaza 1900-1950 (2)