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1970-1979 photographs



Title
Description
Identifier

View of collapsed roof from neighboring rooftop.

REC0022_01_1970_001

Mayor Lindsay swearing in Albert Walsh, with members of his family present.

REC0022_01_1970_003

Portraits of Mr. Nelson (Dan?) and Sid Davidoff.

REC0022_01_1970_005

3-story building missing part of its side wall, adjacent to vacant lot.

REC0022_01_1970_006

3-story apartment buildings at the corner of Atlantic and Brooklyn Avenues, with 1-story store at rear of building; building is abandoned and in bad condition, missing part of roof and most of its windows.

REC0022_01_1970_011

Street views of 2 single-family homes with a Hertz truck parked between them; complaint by one neighbor against another.

REC0022_01_1970_012

Construction site of future Gimbels department store

REC0022_01_1970_014

NW corner of 86th Street and Lexington Avenue, and view of East 87th Street, between Lexington and Park Avenue (L-shaped lot); sign announcing project at corner.

REC0022_01_1970_015

Street views of fire-damaged warehouse on West Street between Barrow and Morton Streets; interiors of burned-out building with damaged trucks.

REC0022_01_1970_019

Mayor Lindsay at swearing-in ceremony of 2 HDA staff members at City Hall; men with hands on the bible.

REC0022_01_1970_022

North and south sides of Baltic Street, west to Bond Street (Gowanus Houses), and east to Nevins Street, (Wyckoff Gardens); North side of Baltic Street, between Nevins Street and 3rd Avenue.

REC0022_01_1970_023

North side of Union Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues; house numbers 629-639.

REC0022_01_1970_024

Franklin Avenue, at Montgomery, Crown, Sullivan and Washington Streets; view of Franklin Avenue shuttle track, back of brewery building with ghost signs.

REC0022_01_1970_025

1- and 2-story houses on Malbone Street.

REC0022_01_1970_026

Retaining wall behind 6-story apartment building on Jesup collapsed; views from Jesup Avenue down to Cromwell, and vice versa; damage to building under the weight of debris.

REC0022_01_1970_029

Retaining wall behind 6-story apartment building on Jesup collapsed; views from Jesup Avenue down to Cromwell, and vice versa; damage to building under the weight of debris.

REC0022_01_1970_030

Views of a magnolia grandiflora tree outside a 4-story brownstone; historic tree saved by Bedford-Stuyvesant community activist Hattie Carthan (1901-1984).

REC0022_01_1970_034

Black-tie banquet dinner; men making speeches from dais, presentation of award, group photos.

REC0022_01_1970_042

Crane accident that resulted in damaged steel beams; with of surrounding office buildings, including 30 Rockefeller Center.

REC0022_01_1970_044

Crane accident that resulted in damaged steel beams; with of surrounding office buildings, including 30 Rockefeller Center.

REC0022_01_1970_045

Demolished building and serious damage to neighboring buildings.

REC0022_01_1970_048

Swearing-in ceremony with Eddie Davis and his family.

REC0022_01_1970_050

Street views of Cadman Plaza, from Cadman Plaza West and Clark Street, also Brooklyn Heights Branch of Brooklyn Public Library.

REC0022_01_1970_052

Badly damaged 3-story building.

REC0022_01_1970_055

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