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1970-1979 photographs



Title
Description
Identifier

Exterior views of high-rise towers

REC0022_01_1975_091

Photos of city maps with specific sections outlined; e.g., Bathgate, Tremont, Fordham, Mott Haven.

REC0022_01_1975_092

Street views and building exteriors in East Village/Alphabet City (almost all demolished). Lobby interiors, one with sign that reads "City Urban Renewal Management Corp."

REC0022_01_1975_093

Views of alley between 2 buildings.

REC0022_01_1975_096

Exterior views of newly relocated Washington Street houses, near Independence Plaza.

REC0022_01_1975_097

Multiple views of house, retaining wall and angled landfill.

REC0022_01_1975_099

14 frames: exterior and interior views of abandoned 5-story building.

REC0022_01_1975_100

People demonstrating outside HDA building; signs talk about bad conditions in apartments; one pointed reference to Commissioner Gomez.

REC0022_01_1975_101

Crane tipped on its side; fell on car, crushed car

REC0022_01_1975_103

Street views of building exteriors; Bronx sites; abandoned 4-, 5- and 6-story buildings.

REC0022_01_1975_106

Views of badly damaged, partially collapsed 4-story building.

REC0022_01_1975_109

Street views of nearly completed high-rise buildings.

REC0022_01_1975_110

Exterior views of plaza at Dennis Lane towers, with people gathered.

REC0022_01_1975_111

Street level exteriors of 5-story buildings with scaffolding.

REC0022_01_1975_113

Exteriors of ground floor storefront, views of Lafayette Gardens houses in distance.

REC0022_01_1975_115

Street level views of the nearly completed building; views of Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn from upper floor still under construction.

REC0022_01_1975_117

Street level views of high-rise tower; surrounding buildings.

REC0022_01_1975_120

Street level views of high-rise towers in Manhattan and the Bronx.

REC0022_01_1975_121

Street level views of unsafe conditions in boarded-up 3-story single-family house.

REC0022_01_1975_122

Street level views of high-rise tower.

REC0022_01_1975_124

Starr and Carr and others gathered in a room; television cameras and lighting.

REC0022_01_1975_125

Margaret Thatcher (then 'Leader of the Opposition') and Mayor Beame at photo opportunity, presentation of a medal.

REC0022_01_1975_127

View from above of Arverne; elevated subway at left, boardwalk/beach at right; some tall buildings in the distance.

REC0022_01_1975_131

Exteriors of the building and the plaza.

REC0022_01_1975_132

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