About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0162
  • TitlePicked for preservation
  • SummaryFacade of three-story house with iron fence along front and side; street light, street signs, one parked automobile, one taxi, two pedestrians (women), and signs ("One-way" and "Stop") in foreground; portion of high-rise apartment house on far left. Caption: "Picked for preservation--This brick house at the southwest corner of Hicks and Pierrepont Sts. was selected by the Municipal Art Society as a structure of local importance which should be preserved."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 30, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Brick houses ; Traffic signs and signals
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Brooklyn Heights: Hicks Street