The New York Public Library’s Old NYC websiteis an excellent resource for taking a walk down memory lane through vintage photos. The site maps the NYPL’s immense digital collection of vintage images of the five boroughs. While the concentration of photos is visibly the densest in Manhattan, the Brooklyn collection…
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Great pictures. Franklin Avenue is in a different part of Brooklyn. Do you mean Franklin Street? Not clear
For some reason the NYPL caption read “Franklin Avenue” but you’re right, it should be Street. Fixed, thank you!
Not a tree in any of the pictures.
Compared to the lush summertime greenery and many trees found on Milton street now, the 1930 photo of Milton Street looks quite barren, if nor bleak. But the church of St. Anthony has always been the crowning focal point at the head of the block, the best “dead end” view one could have. Thankfully the fact that Milton St. part of a historic district has preserved the facades of the many unique & different homes found here and on surrounding blocks such as Kent and Noble.
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