Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. T. A. Gillespie Company, contractor. The day after Christmas in 1923 Park Slope, Brooklyn, where plum pudding and cranberries are still on sale at the A&P and the city slowly picks back up toward its normal pace. Catskill water is nearly on its way into the neighborhood via new water distribution pipes supplied by City Water Tunnel No. 1. Here on 4th Avenue (looking north from St. Mark's Place), the pipes have been laid, trench refilled, and temporary sidewalks installed pending completion in the springtime. December 26, 1923.