About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0145
  • TitleColumbia Heights
  • SummaryAerial photograph of section of Brooklyn Heights and shoreline with superimposed rendering of proposed apartment buildings. Caption: "Columbia Heights will be transformed into a section of apartment houses and parks if the proposals of the Regional Plan of New York are adopted. Parks on the roofs of warehouses along the waterfront will provide recreation space for the apartment dwellers."
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: May 18/31. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Shorelines ; Warehouses
  • 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: Columbia Heights