There is a longstanding tradition in black and white photography of documenting cities in response to urban transformation. Eugene Atget captured the streets and architecture of Paris prior to the modernization of the late 1800s. Berenice Abbott meticulously photographed 19th-century buildings in New York City before they were demolished to make way for skyscrapers. Drawing inspiration from these projects, my collection of photographs aims to document Brooklyn's architecture before its radical reshaping in the early 21st century.
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brooklyn bridge
joralemon street, no. 135
clark street station, brooklyn heights
court street, no. 309
court street, no. 222
flatbush avenue, no. 368
summit street, no. 125
plymouth street, no. 135
second avenue, no. 101
hewes street, no. 185
hooper street, no. 165
division street, nos. 86, 87, 89
roebling street, no. 155
metropolitan avenue, nos. 224, 228
bedford avenue, no. 1522
rogers avenue, nos. 51-55
sterling place, no. 491
dean street, nos. 1001, 1003, 1005
franklin avenue, no. 573
clinton avenue, nos. 724, 726
cambridge place, nos. 137, 139
clinton avenue, no. 520
franklin avenue and fulton street
gates avenue, no. 265
fulton street, no. 515
nostrand avenue, no. 556
broadway, no. 1396 (former rko bushwick theatre)
wilson avenue, no. 179
bushwick avenue, no. 855
beard street, no. 110
richards street, nos. 204, 206
grand army plaza
eastern parkway, no. 255
grecian shelter, prospect park
laboratory administration building, brooklyn botanic garden
flatbush avenue, no. 556
buckingham road, no. 104
buckingham road, no. 143
kent street, no. 127
greenwood cemetery
greenwood cemetery
bridge street and john street
water street, no. 369
beverly road, no. 2307
east 22nd street, nos. 150, 152, 154, 156, 158
flatbush avenue, no. 911 (erasmus high school)
flatbush avenue, no. 2281
blake avenue, no. 392
dumont avenue, nos. 227, 231, 235
pennsylvania avenue, no. 135 (former magistrate's court)
floyd bennett field
brighton 6th street station
riegelmann boardwalk, no. 1001
surf avenue, no. 602
coney island