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Brooklyn Citizen Building, August 9, 1915. The Brooklyn Citizen was a daily newspaper published from 1886 to 1947. During the construction of subway tunnels in Downtown Brooklyn in the 1910s the plans originally included the demolition of the Citizen Building, as the tunnel was supposed to run directly under. After plans were altered and the path moved, the building was spared and only required shoring. The newspaper discontinued publishing in 1947. The Citizen Building had been purchased in 1945 by the city as part of the eventual Civic Center urban renewal project. The building was still standing and vacant in 1954 when a fire tore through the structure under suspicious circumstances, related to some accused shady dealings by fire officials. It was demolished fully soon after.
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Fulton Street, at its intersection with Joralemon, Adams and Willoughby Streets, showing the Fulton Street Elevated line of the B.M.T. At center building is the City Hall (now Borough Hall), with the Brooklyn Citizen Building at right, ca. 1910.
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\[Fulton Street at Willoughby Street, BMT Broadway Line, Brooklyn, NY] Willoughby Street at the intersection of Fulton and Adams streets, Brooklyn, NY. Survey photograph during construction of the BMT Broadway line. Northwestward view of the Brooklyn Citizen newspaper building, and the BMT Fulton Street Elevated line. View of a produce stand, a shoe shine stand, cafes and pedestrians. Partial view of Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Brooklyn Citizen Newspaper Building
\[Fulton Street at Willoughby Street, BMT Broadway Line, Brooklyn, NY] Willoughby Street at the intersection of Fulton and Adams streets, Brooklyn, NY. Survey photograph during construction of the BMT Broadway line. Northwestward view of the Brooklyn Citizen newspaper building, and the BMT Fulton Street Elevated line. View of a produce stand, a shoe shine stand, cafes and pedestrians. Partial view of Brooklyn Borough Hall.
Brooklyn Citizen Newspaper Building
\[393-399 Fulton Street] East side of Fulton Street, south of Myrtle Avenue. Shows 393 - 399 Fulton Street; 397 - 399 Fulton Street are in the Brooklyn Citizen Building.
Brooklyn Citizen Newspaper Building
\[Brooklyn Citizen Building] Brooklyn Citizen Building, at the northeast corner of Fulton Street and Willoughby Street. Adams Street is on the right, and Fulton Street is on the left.
Brooklyn Citizen Newspaper Building
\[Fulton Street and Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Fulton Street and Joralemon Street in Brookyn, NY. Camera is postioned on the south curb of Joralemon Street looking east.
Brooklyn Citizen Newspaper Building
\[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 Citizen Newspaper Building
\[Street View of Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY] Fulton Street, looking north from Jorelemon St with Borough Hall out of view on left after removal of El Downtown Brooklyn, NY. (see photo #287),
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