Re-Brooklyn: my favorites

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Monday, September 7, 2009

1913 by an unknown photographer
New York Public Library #706386F

2009

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

2009

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.

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

2009

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.

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

2009

1941 by Percy Loomis Sperr New York Public Library #705372F	2009
The house immediately to the right of the corner survives in the second photo, with an added third story and a very thick layer of stucco. The door is barely visible even from the street, but the shape is still recognizable.

circa 1910 by C. Ording New York Public Library #1509698	2009
This photo bears no date -- the statue above was built in 1906, and the buildings at background-left were replaced by 1918. Note that the First Presbyterian Church at right still stands, obscured by trees; it is now the home of El Puente.

1941 by Percy Loomis Sperr New York Public Library #704439F	2009
The house to the right (378 Franklin Avenue) was replaced some years ago with the concrete block building visible here. When I arrived to photograph the house on the left, I unexpectedly found it condemned, and in the midst of being torn down. Along the bottom of the house, you can see where demolition has exposed a portion of the original wall as vinyl siding is torn away.