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> From: Candice Brashears
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:33 AM
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> Speaking of Brooklyn:  anyone know about Sterling (Street?) 
> near front entrance (GAR Plaza) at Prospect Park? I'd like to 
> know what kind of neighborhood (guess its was very white 
> middleclass) and buildings (I think multistoried -perhaps 
> close together) as it was around 1880-1889?  The family I'm 
> researching moved there from Brooklyn Heights around that 
> time to give their 3 kids more outdoor space...

Do you guys have access to Sanborn Fire Insurance maps there? This is the best way I know to get at the physical structures and their evolution. By comparing them year to year, you can see how a parcel changed over time. Once you get the legend figured out, they are incredibly detailed, right down to the number of windows on a façade, where the doors are, the material of the roof, etc. They were producing maps for Raleigh in the 1890s, so they surely were well-detailed for NYC during that decade.

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