We leave 2009 behind with a postcard from 100 years ago. It’s always fun to trace the history of old artifacts, and with the wealth of resources available in New York City, it’s often easier than one might think to piece the puzzle together. The postcard was sent to P. L. Ackerman at 1576 Bushwick Ave. in Brooklyn, NY.
Postcards courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Archives
The house to which this postcard was sent was built between 1898 and 1907. Above is the map of this section of Bushwick from a 1907 archived map.
Unfortunately, the house is no longer at this location and a large car lot takes up this space. Across the street from this house are many houses built before 1900. This Google street view shows those houses still standing:
Hopefully this new decade brings with it a newly-developed preservation mindset. With the economic downturn it seems like we might not have a choice.
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Oh I got excited for a second I thought – wouldn’t have that been cool if you guys posted a picture from a house that would have been in the report my class did on Bushwick….but sadly it was right out of the boundary.