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Fulton Street and Boerum Place
Fulton Street and Boerum Place

[Fulton Street, near Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY]

Fulton Street, near Court St in front of Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY. View of passengers boarding the first of two new buses for Brooklyn; the second is bus # 5379. These buses replaced the Putnam Avenue Line streetcars on February 5, 1950. Also shows the Tivoli Theater across Fulton Street; the marquee reads "Betty Hutton & Fred Astaire 'Let's Dance' & 'Dark City'." All the buildings in this view will be demolished in the next ten years for the Brooklyn Civic Center Project.

IMAGE DATE1950
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