Comments on: Dumbo Then and Now: Washington and York Street http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/ Notes from the DUMBO, Brooklyn NY neighborhood Sun, 20 May 2012 23:55:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Neilson http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/comment-page-1/#comment-38208 Neilson Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:39:46 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/#comment-38208 Man, they really tore everything down! I have a xerox of an aerial photo taken of the Con Ed plant and Vinegar Hill from 1931 and it's unbelievable how many houses there were. Man, they really tore everything down! I have a xerox of an aerial photo taken of the Con Ed plant and Vinegar Hill from 1931 and it’s unbelievable how many houses there were.

]]> By: Walter Lynn Mosley http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/comment-page-1/#comment-38202 Walter Lynn Mosley Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:15:59 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/#comment-38202 Love Brooklyn, can't wait to see more! Love Brooklyn, can’t wait to see more!

]]> By: j http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/comment-page-1/#comment-579 j Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:34:05 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/#comment-579 Yeah, I'm going to say the wires have not been moved underground - electricity was always underground; the wires just disappeared the same time the trolleys did. Yeah, I’m going to say the wires have not been moved underground – electricity was always underground; the wires just disappeared the same time the trolleys did.

]]> By: Andrew Porter http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Andrew Porter Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:35:48 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/#comment-135 Those electrical wires which have been moved underground in the 1926 photo are actually for streetcars to connect to (notice the tracks in the street below them). I've got a lot of photos of Washington Street (from the NYPL Digital Library), which used to have churches, a movie house (the Alcazar) and many other buildings on it. Everything south of the BQE has been destroyed, except the old Post Office. At one time the center of downtown Brooklyn was the corner of Washington and Johnson Streets. Those electrical wires which have been moved underground in the 1926 photo are actually for streetcars to connect to (notice the tracks in the street below them).

I’ve got a lot of photos of Washington Street (from the NYPL Digital Library), which used to have churches, a movie house (the Alcazar) and many other buildings on it. Everything south of the BQE has been destroyed, except the old Post Office. At one time the center of downtown Brooklyn was the corner of Washington and Johnson Streets.

]]> By: Dot http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Dot Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:08:04 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/#comment-13 Wow... it's amazing how things still look the same, but yet so different. I'm so glad that the Gair buildings were never torn down. Wow… it’s amazing how things still look the same, but yet so different. I’m so glad that the Gair buildings were never torn down.

]]> By: pete http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/comment-page-1/#comment-11 pete Mon, 28 Aug 2006 19:40:33 +0000 http://dumbonyc.com/2006/08/28/dumbo-then-and-now-washington-and-york-street/#comment-11 Great pictures! Great pictures!

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