About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_0535
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge Plaza
  • SummaryCadman Plaza construction site in Downtown Brooklyn with many workmen, building materials, and two trucks; elevated subway tracks and several commercial buildings (including two high-rise office buildings) in background.
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 20/36. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBuilding ; Plazas ; Real estate development
  • 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 (1)