About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0536
  • TitleWide open spaces
  • SummaryAerial view of Cadman Plaza area of Downtown Brooklyn. Caption: "Wide open spaces--View from the top of the Brooklyn Eagle building shows progress of demolition work making way for new Supreme Court building, between Fulton and Adams Sts. Demolition of former Fulton Savings Bank building, center background, began this week. Con Edison building is at left and part of Borough Hall can be been at right. Cars in foreground are parked on what used to be the first block of Myrtle Ave."
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 25, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCommercial buildings ; Wrecking [lctgm] ; Office buildings
  • 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 (1)