About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0128
  • TitleFuture view
  • SummaryArchitectural model of housing project in Fort Greene, now a private co-op building. Caption on verso: "Future View of area is presented in this scale model which will be unveiled in lobby of Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn at Fulton St. and Dekalb Ave. at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. Five buildings in foreground comprise Kingsview Homes, 276-unit co-operative housing project for middle-income families. Street running from lower center to right is Myrtle Ave. Immediately in front of project is St. Edwards St., while Ashland Place runs behind project and connects with Myrtle Ave. at right center . . . ".
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Architectural models -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Housing: Kingsview Houses