About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0224
  • TitleOpening final section of Heights Promenade
  • SummaryCaption: "Opening final section of Heights Promenade--Borough President Cashmore hails completion of lofty, cliffside walk and two new playgrounds, praising Park Commissioner Moses, seated behind him, as 'the modern Leonardo da Vinci.' Some of the crowd that witnessed yesterday's ceremonies may be seen on promenade above speakers' stand. Seated behind Moses, left to right, are the Rev. Robert E. Crowell and the Rev. Theodore McLaughlin, assistant pastor and pastor of the R. C. Church of the Assumption, and Chor-Bishop Mansour Stephen of Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Rite Church."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Dec. 8, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRites and ceremonies
  • 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: Promenade