About This Item

  • TitleDecaying housing & new housing
  • Call NumberHERZ_0116
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of dilapidated, vacant, wood-frame bungalow on Surf Avenue in Coney Island with "Coca Cola" sign on wood fence and some debris in foreground and high-rise apartment building in background; building in foreground appears to have been destroyed by fire.
  • Date1976
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: March, 1976; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectBuilding deterioration [lctgm] ; Bungalows ; High-rise apartment buildings ; Signs [lctgm] ; Wooden-frame houses
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.