About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0076
  • Title[Rendering of Fort Greene housing project]
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering of housing project north of Fort Greene Park, showing portion of park at lower right. Caption on verso: "A sketch of the tentative plan for the Navy Yard housing project as it will appear if Park Commissioner Robert Moses, ideas are adopted [sic]. Note how the buildings have been arranged and streets laid out in relation to the Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Jun. 14/40.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: Housing: Fort Greene