Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[The Fountains under construction] |
Object Name |
Negative, Film |
Photographer |
Flamm, Herbert A. |
Date |
January 4, 1967 |
Collection |
Herbert A. Flamm Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W film negative. View of The Fountains apartment building under construction on Clove Road in West New Brighton, Staten Island. Street signs are visible at left for the intersection of Clove Road and Bement Avenue. The original negative sleeve has the photographer's handwritten inscription: "Melniker / Fountains / 1-4-67." (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Film Size |
8 x 10 |
Acquisition |
Gift of Herbert A. Flamm |
Ownership and History |
Staten Island architect Albert Melniker (1910-2002) designed The Fountains. It is mentioned in his obituary: "He designed the Fountains in West Brighton, one of the few high-rise cooperatives on Staten Island." The Fountains is located at 1100 Clove Road. |
Earliest Date |
1967 |
Latest Date |
1967 |
Subjects |
Apartment houses Construction |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Melniker, Albert |
Catalog Number |
79.022.0677 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 2017. |
Legal Status |
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