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DEP’s Archives Go Deep
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In 1977, the City created a new agency to manage its water supply and wastewater treatment and to regulate air quality, noise, and hazardous materials: the Department of Environmental Protection. DEP inherited the infrastructure, responsibilities, and documentation of many predecessor agencies dating back to the 1840s. That documentation comprises the bulk of the DEP archives and is still used in planning capital construction and rehabilitation projects, as well as watershed land management, facilities maintenance, and other operations.
The Brooklyn Bridge Drawings at the NYC Municipal Archives
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Did you ever wonder about how historic City records make their way to the Municipal Archives? Did you assume that all the documents, photographs, maps, ledgers, plans, etc. in the Archives had been dutifully maintained in their “creating” City offices, and then carefully transferred to their permanent home at 31 Chambers Street?
2020 Wrap Up: Story Edition
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Take a look through some of our partners' favorite stories from this year.
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Stereograph with black and white images showing the Brooklyn Bridge and a view of Brooklyn.
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Stereograph with sepia-colored images depicting Brooklyn Bridge being constructed; in the foreground buildings' roofs, including the Thompson Warehouse in the center.
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Stereograph with sepia-toned images depicting the Brooklyn Bridge under construction in the background. In the foreground buildings roofs including "33.34 Osborn & Swan Hardware" and the A.A. Thompson Warehouse cornice.
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View of New York from the Brooklyn Bridge; copy of Beal panorama.
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Stereograph with sepia-tone images depicting the Brooklyn Bridge on the right and a forest of masts of various ships on the left.
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Pier under Brooklyn Bridge Pier under the Brooklyn Bridge; construction materials on the pier; two men sat on right.
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Pier under Brooklyn Bridge Pier under the Brooklyn Bridge; construction materials on the pier; two men, one standing on left, and one sat on right.
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\[Piers and Lighter Under Brooklyn Bridge] Piers and Lighter Under Brooklyn Bridge
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Stereograph with sepia-colored images depicting the Brooklyn Bridge and buildings on either side; sidewheel steamship City of Brockton under bridge. Dome of the New York World Building in background.
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Stereograph with sepia-colored images depicting ferry Castleton under the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn side.
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Stereograph with sepia-tone images depicting view of the Brooklyn Bridge with sailing ship on right. Building in center undergoing roof construction or repair.
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Manhattan: the Manhattan tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1898.
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Stereograph showing the Brooklyn Bridge, looking from Brooklyn towards Manhattan. In the East River are a two masted schooner, a barge and a steamer. In the foreground the roof of the Fulton Ferry building with a couple of advertisements. In the background New York City's skyline.
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Stereograph with sepia-toned images depicting a view of Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge from Brooklyn, showing a bridge and buildings on either side. Steamships, ferries and tugboats in the East River.
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Board of Water Supply. Panorama of Manhattan and Brooklyn taken from the 35th floor of the Municipal Building, looking northeast. June 16, 1914.
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High-angle shot of the Manhattan tower of the Brooklyn Bridge and the piers along the East River, August 25, 1914. Shot from the Brooklyn tower of the Manhattan Bridge. Part 2 of a panorama.
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Board of Water Supply. View of Manhattan in foreground and Brooklyn in background looking east from the 35th floor of the Municipal building. Manhattan Bridge left. Brooklyn Bridge right. The Board of Water Supply and the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity occupied several offices on high floors of the new Manhattan Municipal Building, commanding spectacular views. Running across the lower end of the image is the 3rd Avenue Elevated subway, demolished in the 1950s. June 16, 1914.
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Downtown New York City, viewed from Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn Bridge, circa 1915. (Roege 9305)
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Brooklyn Bridge viewed from Brooklyn, showing lower Manhattan, New York City, 1924. (Roege 9307)
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Brooklyn Bridge viewed from the Manhattan Bridge, showing lower Manhattan, New York City, 1924. (Roege 9378)
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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge - \[views showing lower Manhattan]. (1) Brooklyn Bridge: A view eastward showing the Manhattan skyline. Shown from left to right are, the Woolworth Building; the Tribune Building spire; the World Building dome and the Municipal Building. Summer 1925. P. L. Sperr. (Not a dry mount item). (2) A northward perspective and showing in addition the skeleton of the Federal Courts Building. January 8, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (Not a dry mount item). Neg # 1651 (3) Similar to No. 1, at a later date and showing the changed skyline. May 24, 1937. P. L. Sperr. (Not a dry mount item).
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Manhattan-bound roadway Brooklyn approach to the Brooklyn Bridge with five moving automobiles, policeman with back to camera, and sign, "To Manhattan; for passenger autos, horse drawn vehicles allowed except from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. weekdays; auto trucks and busses prohibited." Caption: "Today the entrance to the Manhattan-bound roadway looks like this, no whit wider than it was 50 years ago."
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\[Brooklyn Bridge] Protected train tracks on the Brooklyn Bridge.
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\[Brooklyn Bridge Crosswalk] Photograph of the crosswalk over the Manhattan bound trolley tracks on the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Department of Public Works. Sludge Vessel Coney Island. Brooklyn Bridge. May 27, 1949.
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\[Looking south from the Brooklyn Bridge walkway to Lower Manhattan.]
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U.S.S. North Dakota & Brooklyn Bridge, New York Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Secondary subject: Downtown Skyline With Specific Buildings Named
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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge. A general view westward from the incompleted Brooklyn Bridge. In the background is the North (Hudson) River and its far Jersey shore. Silhouetted against same are the Post Office and the Tribune building. 1876 American Studio Gift of Urbrock Collection Neg. # 4292
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New York from East Tower, Brooklyn Bridge. Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Secondary subject: Municipal Woolworth and Singer Buildings
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge
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Approach to Brooklyn Bridge, New York. Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Secondary subject: World Building
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Entrance to Brooklyn Bridge, New York Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Terminal
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The Promenade on Brooklyn Bridge, New York Primary subject: Pedestrians on Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
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Manhattan: South Street - Peck Slip 152 to 160 South Street, west side, from Peck Slip (left) to Dover Street (right) as seen thru the lattice work of the Brooklyn Bridge. The 4 story corner building at Peck Slip bears No. 45. Also shown is a general view of lower Manhattan with the Woolworth Building on the right. June 5, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge - \[Municipal Building; Pulitzer Building; Woolworth Building.] (1) Brooklyn Bridge approach to Manhattan Island. September 23, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (2) Same, closer to termination of bridge. June 5, 1932. P. L. Sperr. Neg # 2682
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York City Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Secondary subject: Municipal Building
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Panorama from Brooklyn Bridge, New York Primary subject: Boats in East River
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Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y. Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Secondary subject: Downtown Skyline
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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan Skyline Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Secondary subject: Downtown Skyline
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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge - \[view showing lower Manhattan]. Brooklyn Bridge, and the downtown Manhattan skyline, as seen from the Brooklyn side and viewing southwestward on the East River, Prominently shown, from left to right are, the Woolworth, Singer, Equitable, and the Bankers Trust Co. Buildings. About 1920. Ewing Galloway. Neg. 4291
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The Great Cables on Brooklyn Bridge, NY City Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge - \[Pedestrian walk.] Brooklyn Bridge: A view eastward towards Brooklyn from atop the Bridge along the pedestrian walk. View No. 1 is an enlargement made by the photographer; No. 2 being a copy of the original negative by the N. Y. P. L. About 1936 Gift of Dr. Michael Wishengrad A.R.P.S.
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York, N. Y.
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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge - Manhattan Bridge - \[Lower Manhattan skyline.] Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges: View 1 shows the Brooklyn towers of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, viewed northeastward. View 2 is south on the East River and shows the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges and the Lower Manhattan skyline. P. L. Sperr View 1 July 10, 1937 View 2: September 16, 1935
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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge - Manhattan approach. The Brooklyn Bridge and it's Manhattan approach as viewed eastward from the Municipal Building. This crosses the East River to the Brooklyn locale between the Columbia Heights area (right) and Flatbush Avenue Extension (left, approach to the Manhattan Bridge). The foreground zone has at times been known as the "Swamp" and "Cherry Hill". April 1940 George D. Chinn The two small snapshots made in 1898, the gift of Mrs. A. Gould, have no restrictions.
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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge - \[Manhattan end of the bridge.] Brooklyn Bridge: A view of the Manhattan end, with its train shed. Note the cables used for the train propulsion on the bridge incline. Prominently shown, is the dome of the Pulitzer (World) Building, with the spire of the Tribune Building southward. About 1890. Brown Brothers. Neg.# 2998
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Brooklyn Bridge and the East River, New York City Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Secondary subject: Downtown Skyline
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Promenade Brooklyn Bridge, New York Primary subject: Pedestrians on Brooklyn Bridge Promenade
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York City Primary subject: Brooklyn Bridge Secondary subject: Downtown Skyline
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Approach to Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y. Primary subject: Subway Cars Trolleys and Horse Drawn Carriages on Bridge
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