Christopher,
Laura Rosen at MTA Bridges and Tunnels’ Special Archive is a great source for construction photos of Robert Moses’ highway projects. She’s out on vacation for the next couple of weeks, but her phone number is 646-252-7418.
Digital Metro New York is another good source, particularly for images relating to the Bronx: http://cdm.metro.org:8080/index.php. It has a few photos of the Bruckner.
By the way, I did my master’s thesis in historic preservation/urban planning on the Cross-Bronx Expressway. If you think it would be of interest to you, I’d be happy to send you a copy of it on CD.
Good luck with your research; if I think of anything else, I’ll let you know.
Mike
Michael Caratzas
Research Department
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
One Centre Street, 9th Floor North
New York, NY 10007
(212) 669-7885 (tel)
(212) 669-7960 (fax)
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Photographs of Interstate Highway System? (Bronx)
Has anyone pursued construction progress photographs for the construction of I-95 and other highways? (Looking specifically for what is now the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx, north of the Tri-borough Bridge.)
I have waded through most of the links at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/bibis.htm
without success. Library of Congress P&P no good either.
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