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Title

The Brooklyn Bridge site seen from the roof of the Beekman Hospital. Gold Street is in the foreground and Beekman Street on the right. The area was known as the leather district since the Civil War. At 72 Gold Street can be seen the offices of the New York City Department of Urban Renewal, which had to be moved when the building was torn down. Gars Restaurant, at the corner of Beekman Street, dated from 1827

Artist/Maker

Danny Lyon (American, born 1942)

Date

1966-1967, printed later

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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Credit

Gift of Jennifer Speciale

Accession #

2021.365.1

On View

Currently not on view

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