A view of Red Hook's shanties, c. 1930 | Red Hook WaterStories

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A view of Red Hook's shanties, c. 1930

By The Red Hook WaterStories team

Newspaper photo of the shacks of Red Hooks "Tin City" or shanty towm (It went by several other names, such as Hoover City, and Orkenen Sur).
The large building on the right is the Sapolin Paint Company factory (now Treasure Island) on Clinton Street between Bush and Lorraine

Red Hook Shanties

Date:

c. 1930

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Item: Birds eye view of Red Hook just prior to the construction of the Red Hook ball fields: 1935

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shanties / shantytown

Sources:

Ephemeral New York (website) https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/the-hoovervilles-of-new-york-city/ (accessed 2017)

Published on Jun 25, 2016. Last updated on May 20, 2018.