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Brooklyn: Fort Greene Park.

Fort Greene Park (Brooklyn): Viewing north across the park, under construction, toward Myrtle Avenue ("El" thereon) and St. Edwards Street. The twin-towered structure across the "El" is St. Edwards Church and beyond that is the Manhattan Bridge. IN the left background is the skyline of Lower Manhattan. View 2 is in the same direction as view 1 and shows the park when completed. View 3 is in a more easterly direction and shows the Cumberland Hospital, in Auburn Place.

View 1: October 20, 1935
Views 2,3: April 27, 1940

P.L. Sperr

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