About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0077
  • TitleAcres of glass
  • SummaryView looking up towards apartment tower with open windows in newly completed housing project north of Fort Greene Park. Caption on verso: "Acres of Glass: Many windows of Fort Greene Houses give them an airy appearance. Photographer aimed his camera skyward to get this interesting picture."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1942. Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; High-rise apartment buildings -- 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: Fort Greene