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Brooklyn Crossings: Subway Construction in Downtown Brooklyn
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In the opening decades of the 20th Century, the proliferation of new subway lines in Brooklyn changed the shape of Brooklyn's busiest intersections; new routes were excavated and transit hubs born, replacing the streetcars and elevated railways of years past. This collection includes a selection of photographs documenting subway construction in and around Times Plaza, Flatbush Avenue, and Ashland Place.
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Horse-powered excavation for the BMT Fourth Avenue line on Ashland Place, north of Lafayette Avenue, January 10, 1911. The Brooklyn Academy of Music is visible at the edge of the frame, upper left.
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View of Ashland Place, looking north toward the Brooklyn Academy of Music (center-right, in the distance), October 19, 1910. This photograph was taken as part of a survey ahead of the construction of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, which today runs beneath Ashland Place. The photographer's vantage point is outside the former No. 149 Ashland Place (Ashland Place has since been extended to include the former Raymond Street, at which point addresses were renumbered). At left, on the west side of Ashland Place are storefronts for the Long Island Bird Store — advertising poultry and pigeons — and a hay and grain supplier. Today, the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower (One Hanson Place) stands immediately to the right of this vantage point.
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\[149 Ashland Place: BMT Fourth Avenue Line] Survey photograph of the sidewalk on east side of Ashland Place from a point about 25 feet north of north building line Hanson Place, looking north prior to the construction of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line.
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\[Ashland Place and Fulton Street, Brooklyn: BMT Fourth Avenue Line] Survey photograph showing teams of horses excavating spoils, Ashland Place and Fulton Street, Brooklyn on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. In the upper left-hand corner is the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Original photographic logbook notation reads: Photographs are intended to show the condition of the buildings on the west side of Ashland Place adjacent to the property recently acquired by the City and also views of the are from which the houses have been razed. View of house foundations and yards on west side of Ashland Place, looking south from Fulton Street.
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Ashland Place Station Photograph showing Ashland Place prior to construction of the IND Crosstown Line. Camera facing north showing east sidewalk of Ashland Place.
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Ashland Place Station Photograph showing Ashland Place prior to construction of the IND Crosstown Line. Camera facing north showing west sidewalk of Ashland Place.
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Ashland Place Station Photograph showing Ashland Place prior to construction of the IND Crosstown Line. Camera facing north showing east sidewalk of Ashland Place.
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