On a play Street, N.Y. (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
On a play Street, N.Y.
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the
negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
N.Y.
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19569
Call Number: LC-B2- 3549-12
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Merfuckr added this photo to their favorites. (2 weeks ago)
artolog (2 weeks ago | reply)
"The plan of restricting traffic on one block of certain streets in the congested sections of the city first tried in the summer of 1914 resulted in the use of 25 streets during the summer of 1915. These streets were closed usually from 3 to 6 each afternoon although some were closed during the whole day while others were closed from 7 00 to 9 00. in the evening the hours of closing depending upon the demands of the neighborhood. Stanchions were placed at each end of the block and a police officer was stationed there to direct traffic. During the summer there was a total attendance of 92,331 children on these play streets. Play streets at best are a makeshift but there have been two beneficial results.
a A more intimate relationship between the children and the policeman.
b A decrease in the number of street accidents to children in the vicinity of these play streets."
March, 1916 "The Delinquent" , monthly publication by the Prison Association of New York.
books.google.com/books?id=k0rNAAAAMAAJ&pg =PA177#v=one...,
The Play Streets concept persists in New York. Here's a photo from the July, 1912 opening of Play Streets in Harlem:
www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/07/13/nyregion /20120713wip...
Andrey Timofeev (2 weeks ago | reply)
Brilliant shot :)
cherryblossom96, OCEANIABLU wants to be in the middle of the ocean, and wbloods added this photo to their favorites.