About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1543
  • TitleAll broken up
  • SummaryCaption: "All broken up--Esplanade at Manhattan Beach has makings of first-rate promenade, but it is in a dilapidated state and Park Department is having trouble acquiring it for reclamation." Typed caption: "Looking east from West End Avenue toward Corbin Place along damaged Manhattan Beach shorefront. Depression of area here caused by lack of adequate seawall allows water seepage in homes during slightest storms or wind disturbance at high tides." Dune fence along right side and portions of two houses and apartment house in background.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 29, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectApartment houses ; Erosion ; Fences ; Seawalls [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Manhattan Beach: Esplanade