About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0129
  • TitlePresent view
  • SummaryView of block adjacent to Fort Greene Park, a portion of which is shown in lower left; smokestack and signs for Paramount and Fox theaters in background; large "X" inscribed over classical-style building in middle ground. Caption on verso: "Present View of portion of Title 1 Slum Clearance Project area which is due to be razed and upon which will rise, Phoenix-like, two new housing projects, the Kingsview Homes, Inc., a 276-unit co-operative, and University Towers, to be built by the Fred F. Trump interests, as well as important additions to the Brooklyn Hospital and Long Island University campus. Photo, taken from roof of one of buildings of Fort Greene Housing Project, located just to north and across Myrtle Ave., looks in southwesterly direction. Street in foreground, running from left to right, is St. Edwards St. . . . ".
  • 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]
  • SubjectLost architecture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- 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