SummarySix primarily residential buildings; building on far left has sign "Delicatessen" above awning; building on far right has boarded windows; building second to right has scaffolding and workman behind gate; on sidwalk three bare trees and four women in overcoats, one pushing baby carriage, another holding child by hand. Caption: "Here is a fine example of intelligent and profitable remodeling of a group of old brick three-story and basement one-family dwellings in Lafayette Ave., between Underhill and Carlton Aves., in the heart of the district to be aided by the new city subway lines. The houses owned by Robert Alfred Shaw, civic leader and art patron, have been reconstructed into apartments of the most modern type."
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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