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Hall of Records, ca. 1950. The Brooklyn Civic Center looks much different today than it did in the early 20th century. At that time the largest municipal building was the Hall of Records. Erected on the corner of Boerum and Fulton, the classical, limestone building was designed by William Mundell between 1885 and 1887. The building housed the vital records of first the city of Brooklyn and then the borough of Brooklyn. In the 1950s during the Civic Center Urban Renewal, the Hall of Records and its even older neighbor, the Brooklyn Courthouse, were razed for the newly expanded Cadman Plaza. In 1961 the Brooklyn Law School replaced the two grand 19th-century buildings.
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Brooklyn Hall of Records
\[Hall of Records Building, Brooklyn, NY] View down a narrow yet to be widened Adams Street south to Fulton St and old Hall of Records in Brooklyn, NY. Defunct trolley tracks are visible on street and are paved over at intersection. Also pictured at corner is Goodman's Annex watch and pen repair. All buildings would be removed and Adams Street widened in late 1950's/early 60's for Civic Center project.
Brooklyn Hall of Records
Real estate library Man in suit reaching for volume in stacks of former Hall of Records (since destroyed) on Livingston Street and Court Square. Caption: "Real Estate Library: Piled up like stacks of wheat cakes are volumes in the record room of the Register's office in the Hall of Records, containing real estate conveyance and mortgage data. John W. Crowley, Assistant Deputy Register in charge, is reaching for one of the heavy volumes."
Brooklyn Hall of Records
\[Fulton Street and Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Fulton Street and Joralemon Street in Brookyn, NY. Camera is postioned to the left of trolley tracks on Joralemon Street looking east.
Brooklyn Hall of Records
\[Loyalty Day parade on Fulton Street] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0398, HOLI 0397), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of Loyalty Day parade in downtown Brooklyn; 0397 shows procession of women carrying American flags and banner that reads "Companions Of The Forest Of America"; streetcar wires overhead; former Hall of Records (since demolished) in right background; 0398 and 0399 show procession of men in military uniforms carrying American flags; 0398 and 0399 nearly identical, except that 0399 shows captain in foreground saluting; 0398 shows same captain not saluting; bystanders lining sidewalks in all three images.
Brooklyn Hall of Records
\[Loyalty Day parade on Fulton Street] Image represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0398, HOLI 0397), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of Loyalty Day parade in downtown Brooklyn; 0397 shows procession of women carrying American flags and banner that reads "Companions Of The Forest Of America"; streetcar wires overhead; former Hall of Records (since demolished) in right background; 0398 and 0399 show procession of men in military uniforms carrying American flags; 0398 and 0399 nearly identical, except that 0399 shows captain in foreground saluting; 0398 shows same captain not saluting; bystanders lining sidewalks in all three images.
Brooklyn Hall of Records
\[Former Hall of Records] Image represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0121), some of which may also be described in this new record; Identical images of neoclassical building (since destroyed) on Livingston Street and Court Square; "HALL OF RECORDS" inscribed on frieze between second and third floors; flag flying from balustraded roof; busy crowd scene in foreground, with pedestrians crossing street amid traffic; curving trolley tracks in center foreground.
Brooklyn Hall of Records
\[Former Hall of Records] Image represented is one of a related set (GOVT 0121), some of which may also be described in this new record; Identical images of neoclassical building (since destroyed) on Livingston Street and Court Square; "HALL OF RECORDS" inscribed on frieze between second and third floors; flag flying from balustraded roof; busy crowd scene in foreground, with pedestrians crossing street amid traffic; curving trolley tracks in center foreground.
Brooklyn Hall of Records
Brooklyn: Hall of Records, undated. Borough Hall visible at right.
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