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1970-1979 photographs



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Identifier

Street views of building collapse, piles of rubble and debris, neighboring apartment buildings.

REC0022_01_1971_008

Press conference with Mayo Lindsay to announce Waterside housing, with scale model.

REC0022_01_1971_012

Aerial views and one street level view of Chatham Green and Chatham Towers; from Municipal Building? View NE to Chinatown, with Manhattan Bridge and Elmhurst Gas tanks in Queens in the distance.

REC0022_01_1971_014

Aerial views and one street level view of Chatham Green and Chatham Towers; from Municipal Building? View NE to Chinatown, with Manhattan Bridge and Elmhurst Gas tanks in Queens in the distance.

REC0022_01_1971_015

Housing starts graph 1960-1970

REC0022_01_1971_018

Mayor Lindsay speaking to a young woman at City Hall.

REC0022_01_1971_019

Street views, roof and interiors of a 1-story building destroyed in an explosion; man holding a pipe.

REC0022_01_1971_020

Front and rear views of a single family house after a fire gutted the interior; alley between buildings.

REC0022_01_1971_023

Front and rear views of a burned-out 3-story single-family home , with views of surrounding homes.

REC0022_01_1971_025

View from the roof of a building over the Cadman Plaza site, with 2 newly constructed high-rise buildings in the foreground, and the downtown Manhattan skyline in the distance, including the World Trade Center under construction.

REC0022_01_1971_028

Aerial and street views of the intersection of East Gun Hill Road and Wayne Avenue, future site of Montefiore Housing (28-story building and parking facility).

REC0022_01_1971_029

Apartments under renovation: men cleaning and painting; kitchen, bathrooms and bedrooms, windows.

REC0022_01_1971_030

Men at work in apartments, exposed brick and lath, stairwells, plumbing; furnished bedroom, and kitchen sink and cabinets; one exterior view.

REC0022_01_1971_031

Men at work in apartments, exposed brick and lath, stairwells, plumbing; furnished bedroom, and kitchen sink and cabinets; one exterior view.

REC0022_01_1971_032

Building exteriors in Yorkville: south side of East 96th Street, house numbers: 234, 232, 232, 228, 222; one apartment interior.

REC0022_01_1971_033

Men inspecting a hoist vehicle, interiors of cab showing levers.

REC0022_01_1971_040

Building exteriors: south side of West 96th Street, house numbers: 200-206; Flamingo Restaurant at corner of Amsterdam Avenue.

REC0022_01_1971_043

Shirley Chisholm and others at the Overseas Press Club talking about proposed repeal of 1970 rent control amendments; Portraits/I.D. photos of Ms. Chisolm by a window; signage with pictures of buildings and the words 'Next To Go?'

REC0022_01_1971_046

Street and aerial views of construction of Twin Park buildings; surrounding buildings on Webster Avenue.

REC0022_01_1971_052

Apartment interiors and building exteriors of apartments pre-rehabilitation: bathrooms, kitchens, living areas; exposed brick wall and French doors.

REC0022_01_1971_053

Apartment interiors and building exteriors of apartments before and during rehabilitation; kitchens and bathrooms, living spaces.

REC0022_01_1971_054

Copy negative of renderings for New Amsterdam House.

REC0022_01_1971_057

Front, rear and side exterior views of a partially collapsed 2-story building with cars and debris in the adjacent lot.

REC0022_01_1971_061

View through a window (at 100 Gold?) of construction of One Police Plaza; Chatham Towers in the distance; woman sitting on ledge in front of window.

REC0022_01_1971_065

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