About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0660
  • TitleDesign for remodeling business block
  • SummaryRendering (architectural drawing) of proposed business block on Livingston Street between Hanover Place and Nevins Street with several pedestrians, two dogs, and two automobiles.
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteImage is 4 x 10 in. superimposed on black background. On recto: typed caption at bottom of image: "Competition for the remodeling of the business block on the north side of Livingston St. from Hanover Place to Nevins St., Brooklyn, N.Y.; conducted by the Downtown Brooklyn Association Inc." On verso: date inscribed: May 17/29. Title from inscriptions on recto and verso. Torn slightly in center.
  • SubjectCity planning ; Real estate development ; Urban renewal
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: Livingston Street