About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0543
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge Plaza
  • SummaryAerial view of Cadman Plaza area of Downtown Brooklyn with plaza in center, elevated subway tracks on left, many commercial, office, and residential buildings, many parked and several moving automobiles; Brooklyn Bridge in background. Caption: "Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, showing the blighting effect of the Fulton St. 'L' structure upon the $4,500,000 plaza improvement."
  • Date1938
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Feb. 19/38. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectCommercial buildings ; Plazas ; Railroads tracks [lctgm] ; Railroads, Elevated
  • 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)