Thursday, August 27, 2009

Vacation on Staten Island #5: Ann Street and Port Richmond Avenue


1935 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #728337F

2009
Most of the stores on this stretch of Port Richmond Ave are shut down, although most of them look like they were recently open. This store hasn't changed much in seventy-five years.

Cutting through the photo in the later view is the North Shore line of the Staten Island Railway.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Vacation on Staten Island #4: 806 Richmond Terrace


1932 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #729477F

2009
This is the Tysen-Neville House, one of the last few grand houses left on Richmond Terrace. (The empty lots and staircases to nowhere lining the street give hints of where others used to be.) It was once the Stone Jug tavern, and is a designated landmark.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Vacation on Staten Island #3: Van Duzer Street and William Street


1927 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #729809F

2009

Vacation on Staten Island #2: 95 Water Street


1931 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #729890F

2009

Vacation on Staten Island #1: 561 and 563 Van Duzer Street


1932 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #729803F

2009
This week, Re-Brooklyn is on a vacation of sorts — please enjoy this series of photos of Staten Island, which has more cool old buildings than the other four boroughs combined. Sad for those photobloggers that don't live there.

Friday, August 21, 2009

Fort Greene, from 55 Hanson Place (Part Two)


1926 by Brown Brothers
New York Public Library #730004F

2009
Changes in the structure of the roof made reproducing this exact angle impossible, but the contrast is interesting enough that I've included it anyway.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Fort Greene, from 55 Hanson Place (Part One)


1926 by Brown Brothers
New York Public Library #730003F

2009
67 Hanson Place, the building in the foreground of the 2009 photo, was built 1929-30, shortly after the original was taken. It replaced a few 3-story brownstones not visible in the first photo. 55 Hanson, the former Central Branch Y, is now the New York State office building.

Note that the prominent church in the first photo is still present, without its steeple.

Monday, August 17, 2009

Emmons Avenue and Ocean Avenue


1935 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #706107F

2009

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Robert Magaw Farmhouse, 1041 Elmore Place


1923 by Eugene Armbruster
New York Public Library #704086F

2009
The original caption notes that this house was built in 1725, a couple blocks from its present location.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Emmons Avenue across Sheepshead Bay


1941 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #706719F

2009

Fulton Street and Water Street


1922 by Eugene Armbruster
New York Public Library #704469F

2009

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Norwegian Evangelical Church, 2009 version


1930 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #702554F

2009
This is a reshoot of an earlier attempt. A rear view of the church has been obscured by the new construction.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Adams Street and York Street


1927 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #705100F

2009

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Fulton Street and St. Felix Street


1941 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #704506F

2009

Monday, August 3, 2009

Surf Avenue and Henderson Walk


1936 by Percy Loomis Sperr
New York Public Library #706973F

2009