File talk:The suspension bridge connecting New York and Brooklyn, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg

Since the Brooklyn Bridge was opened in 1883, this photo has to be after that. It appears to have been taken from some high building south and west of the bridge, from the Manhattan side. Could have been taken from steeple of Trinity Church. I just happen to have a copy of David McCullough's "The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge. It has several drawings and photos showing the project during construction and after completion, buildings in the foreground. Ned Burrow's book, "Gotham," a vast encyclopedia of NYC history, which I have but not where I am this week, probably has more photos/drawings.  Of course, that area south of the bridge, having been the original city that grew out of the Dutch Trading post of Nieuw Amsterdam (which had Canal Street as its northern border, was historically the center of the port, with shipping and business associated with trade, and its attendant concerns of shipbuilding, customs, finance, dominating the nature of buildings, as is still the case.

Giveretmazal (talk) 05:43, 14 August 2011 (UTC)