About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0548
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge Plaza approach
  • SummaryAerial photograph of Cadman Plaza and surrounding area in Downtown Brooklyn with many commercial, office, and residential buildings and portions of Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and East River in background. Caption: "Air view of plaza area with actual site for plaza filled in [superimposed] with artist's conception of its possible final appearance."
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: dates inscribed: 2/2/36, Feb. 9/36, and April 12/36; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorFairchild Aerial Surveys, inc.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectBuildings [lctgm] ; Office buildings ; Plazas
  • 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 (2)