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Did you know? 90 years ago today, on May 15, 1923, Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk officially opened. Construction began in 1921 and this photo taken in July 1922 showing beach-goers along with the ongoing construction.
Photo: NYC Municipal Archives
Vintage Brooklyn <3
Via Brooklyn Visual Heritage:
Constuction site at Brooklyn College, with men operating steam shovel in ditch at left; two men (one in suit) in right foreground observing construction; LaGuardia Library in background. Caption: “New Student Center: From 1930 student population of 5,459, B. C. enrollment figures have soared to 16,514 and forced construction of further campus facilities. Construction crews are now at work on new Arts and Student Center Building that will boast 2,500-seat auditorium and house Departments of Design, Music and Speech.”
Newly constructed Boylan Hall with several small construction sheds in foreground, from 1936
From the archive: The Panhellenic Association
President FDR laying the cornerstone of the gymnasium, now known as Roosevelt Hall, in 1936.
From the Brooklyn Public Library:
Aerial view of Brooklyn College construction site at Bedford Avenue and Avenue G. with three parked automobiles and one truck in far left, several pedestrians, and many residential buildings in background.
The photo is dated from 1935.
on Flickr.
Brooklyn College Library 1944 and 2013
Whitman Hall, nearing completion. The photo is dated from 1955 and was found on the Brooklyn Visual Heritage site.
The Fox Theatre, at Flatbush Avenue and Nevins Street, 1928
Brooklyn College Commencement, from 1984.
Commencement ceremony from 1984
From the archive: The Brooklyn College Library from 1944.
Construction of the Brooklyn College Library in 1936.
Jimmy Carter speaks at Brooklyn College during a campaign stop in 1976.
Brooklyn College students at an orientation for the Farm Labor project, circa 1940s.
