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 Main Street, Dumbo, with view of Manhattan Bridge. The Walentas Building, 1 Main Street to the right. 2/14/07 (Photo by DumboNYC)

 Fireworks at the Brooklyn Bridge, July 4, 06 (Photo by DumboNYC)

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  Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge from above, Photo courtesy of eight double
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  Brooklyn Bridge Space Invaders, Photo courtesy of insky
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For the second in the series of “Dumbo Streetscapes Then and Now”, we are looking at photos down Plymouth Street west from Pearl Street. In the 68 year old photo, circa 1938, you’ll notice that the brown brick building on the right side of the photos is still in its original form (more or less) on the corner of Plymouth and Adams Streets. This building used to be part of Arbuckle Coffee Co. The Arbuckle Coffee Mill also occupied the Empire Stores for a number of years. In the foreground is Manhattan Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge tower is at the center of the photos. The Belgian block street is mostly paved over, but some eroded areas still show the original street blocks.

On the back: “Plymouth Street, west from Pearl Street, showing at the right of the Arbuckle Bros. Coffee Co. building. In order is also shown the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridge.
April 4, 1938″

Percy Loomis Sperr, 1890-1964 — Photographer

   1938

   September, 2006

{New York Public Library photo of Plymouth Street West Pearl Street}
{Dumbo Then and Now: Washington and York Street}

  Brooklyn Bridge detail, photo taken from Dumbo, Brooklyn
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From today’s NY Sun:

The city’s most recent annual report on the condition of bridges and tunnels, just out, rates the Brooklyn Bridge’s condition as a 3.15 on a scale of one to seven, with one as “potentially hazardous” and seven as “new.” A three rating is used to indicate that a bridge has experienced “serious deterioration,” according to the report.

A spokesman for the City Department of Transportation said the bridge would be painted in 2009 at an estimated cost of $85 million, part of a $236 million project that also will include improvements to the bridge’s decks, approaches, and ramps. “He said the rust visible under the peeling paint on the bridge’s structure has not adversely affected its safety.”

{NY Sun article, Brooklyn Bridge Rusts, Awaiting Its First Paint Job Since 1991}