40 Gorgeous Pictures Of Brooklyn In 1974

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Photographer Danny Lyon spent two months snapping pictures of the daily life in Brooklyn during the summer of 1974 as part of the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project.

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He explored Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Fort Green and Park Slope, among other neighborhoods.

Together, Lyon's photos give a fantastic impression of what Brooklyn looked like 40 years ago, before gentrification.