Posted by Pan Times on September 12, 2013 at 2:23pm
Everything in black white is from 1957 - everything in color is from 2013. The photos from the two periods have been mashed together by by Daily News photographer and editor Marc A. Hermann, who overlays classic photographs of mid-century New York atop images of contemporary locations.
In the rear you can see the buildings that once occupied the space that is now Despers USA panyard.
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A stolen car smashed into the streetlight at Classon Avenue and Pacific Street in Brooklyn, 1957.
The corner of Classon Ave. and Pacific St. got some serious action on July 28, 1957 when a stolen car crashed into a light pole. Strangely enough, the car was allegedly stolen by a boy released from the Brooklyn House of Detention. The boy was initially detained on car theft charges. The corner still looks the same, though new green street signs hang above the scene of the accident.
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By the angle of this crash, I wonder if the young driver was travelling west along Pacific, but lost control and ended facing south on Classon, or was the vehicle going the wrong way on Classon.
All the buildings left of the traffic post in this photo are all torn down.
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By the angle of this crash, I wonder if the young driver was travelling west along Pacific, but lost control and ended facing south on Classon, or was the vehicle going the wrong way on Classon.
All the buildings left of the traffic post in this photo are all torn down.
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