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211 Hoyt Street
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405 Baltic Street
\[Baltic Street between Hoyt Street and Bond Street along the 8th Avenue IND Line] Survey photograph prior to construction of the 8th Avenue IND subway line taken on Baltic Street between Bond Street and Hoyt Street looking west on Baltic Street towards Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, NY.
Gowanus Houses
Homes for 1,141 families Image represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0107), some of which may also be described in this new record; Architectural rendering of housing project; images indentical except for size and tonality: 0107, 5 x 8 in; 0111, 8 x 10 in. Caption on verso of 0107: "Homes for 1,141 Families: Edmond B. Butler, chairman of the New York City Housing Authority, has announced plans are complete for another low-rent project, Gowanus Houses, to be built on a site bounded by Wyckoff, Douglass, Bond and Hoyt Sts. This State-aided development will cost $6,738,000. The architects are Rosario Candela, Ely Jacques Kahn and William T. McCarthy."
Gowanus Houses
Gowanus Houses Image represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0108), some of which may also be described in this new record; View of housing project under construction at site bounded by Hoyt, Bond, Douglass, and Wyckoff Streets; completed nine-story building in right foreground; half completed building rising behind it; steam shovel and construction sheds and debris in middle ground.
Gowanus Houses
Gowanus Houses Image represented is one of a related set (HOUS 0108), some of which may also be described in this new record; View of housing project under construction at site bounded by Hoyt, Bond, Douglass, and Wyckoff Streets; completed nine-story building in right foreground; half completed building rising behind it; steam shovel and construction sheds and debris in middle ground.
Gowanus Houses
\[Cornerstone laying for Gowanus Houses] Mayor Impellitteri and other dignitaries, some with trowells, laying cornerstone inscribed "1948" at housing project bounded by Wyckoff, Douglass, Bond, and Hoyt Streets; two workers in rear of group. Partial caption on verso: "Photo at right shows scene at Gowanus Houses. Left to right are Mr. Farrell, Mr. Stichman, Frank R. Crosswaith and William Wilson, both members the City Housing Authority. Below Mr. Wilson, left to right, are Mr. Impellitteri, Mr. Lynch and Deputy Controller Lewis F. Lang."
Gowanus Houses
\[Gowanus Houses under construction] View of housing project under construction at site bounded by Hoyt, Bond, Douglass, and Wyckoff Streets; completed fourteen-story building at left; completed six-story building in center; half completed building at right; steam shovel, construction debris, and workers in foreground.
225 Bond Street
\[Northwest corner of Bond Street.] Northwest corner of Bond Street (left) and Butler Street.
218 Hoyt Street
\[West side of Hoyt Street.] West side of Hoyt Street between Baltic and Butler Streets.
131 Butler Street
\[Northwest corner of Butler Street.] Northwest corner of Butler Street (left) and Hoyt Street.
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