About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0550
  • TitleCadman Plaza
  • SummaryAerial view of Cadman Plaza area of Downtown Brooklyn with plaza in center, many parked and two moving automobiles, several pedestrians, subway on elevated tracks on left, several commercial, office, and residential buildings and portion of Brooklyn Bridge in background. Caption: "Out of the wreckage of ugly old buildings at the approach to Brooklyn Bridge, the new plaza begins to show its face. The era [sic] in the foreground, bordered by Washington St. and Fulton St. is completed but for a few touches of gardening. Workmen proceed in the background to lift the face of another section of the plaza. Construction and landscape work are ahead of schedule."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso; date inscribed: Jan. 31/37. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorPinney, Roy
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Commercial buildings ; Plazas ; Railroads tracks [lctgm] ; Railroads, Elevated ; Subways
  • 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 (2)