[Rendering of Brooklyn Bridge Plaza] - Digital Collections

Call NumberGOVT_0080
Title[Rendering of Brooklyn Bridge Plaza]
SummaryArchitectural rendering of improved plaza and proposed neoclassical courthouse in downtown Brooklyn, no longer extent, if ever built. Caption on verso: "Brooklyn Courthouse, as designed under the direction of Bridge Commissioner O'Keefe. This shows how the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza might be made into an ideal civic center. . . . By building the courthouse on this site it would be possible to create a dignified approach to the Brooklyn end of the Brooklyn Bridge. . . ."
Date1913
Formatstill image
Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 12 in.
Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 25, 1913; Brooklyn Daily Eagle label.
CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plazas -- New York (State) -- New York
CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
FolderFolder: Government: Judiciary: Civic Center: Plans, Proposals, & Models