About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0538
  • TitleClearing way for civic center
  • SummaryAerial view of Cadman Plaza demoliton site with elevated subway structure, several workmen, derrick, and truck in foreground; several residential and commercial buildings on both sides and superimposed portions of Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge in background.
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 17, 1944. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCranes, derricks, etc ; Wrecking [lctgm]
  • 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)