"This is Brooklyn just four years after the end of World War II. In 1949, when Brooklyn on the north side of Prospect Park was still a collection of working-class and middle-income neighborhoods and urban decay had yet to take hold, a Life photographer went out and took some photos. In a Life spread titled 'Spring Comes to Brooklyn,' Ralph Morse captured street life in the neighborhoods located in the shadow of the Williamsburgh Bank Tower. ... This part of Brooklyn would change dramatically in the next few decades. And of course, the brownstones of Brooklyn would then become some of the most sought-after housing in the entire city. But here is Brooklyn before all that, depicted by a very talented photographer in one moment in time. Many more photos are available to scroll through at the Life archives."
Ephemeral New York
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