These cited references are where I obtained all my information on the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza

Brooklyn Historical Society:

• Documents relating to the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza
• Newspaper clippings

Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

Brooklyn Daily Eagle. (April 24,1931). “All These Buildings Will Come Down if Brooklyn Bridge Plaza Plan Materializes.” http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57366778/?terms=Brooklyn%2BBridge%2BPlaza. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle. (May 22, 1931). “The Unplaced Keystone.” http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57583642/?terms=Brooklyn%2BBridge%2BPlaza. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle. (January 31, 1937). “Brooklyn Bridge Plaza Takes Shape.” http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52930578/?terms=Brooklyn%2BBridge%2BPlaza. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle. (February 19, 1938). “How ‘L’ Blights Brooklyn Bridge Plaza.” http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52657952/?terms=Brooklyn%2BBridge%2BPlaza. Retrieved May 9, 2016.

New York Public Library: 

E. B. Hyde & Company, The Brooklyn Map Publishers, Volume 1 (1898). http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-1641-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Retrieved March 19, 2016.

G.M. Hopkins & Company, Volume 5 (1880). http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-4197-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Retrived March 19, 2016.

Brooklyn Bridge References:

Roebling, John A. (1867). East River Bridge Plan of one Tower. http://www.archives.gov/historical­docs/todays­doc/?dod­date=524. Retrieved March 16, 2016.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge

Additional References:

Documents of the Senate of the State of New York, Volume 31 (1916). Pages 996-1010. https://books.google.com/books?id=86QlAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA996&lpg=PA996&dq=original+documents+for+the+brooklyn+bridge&source=bl&ots=NR7L4mlwmn&sig=9wMTrICtdLUdl4hc9sdVeVeKTNU&hl= en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitt Tp2NrLAhUCRSYKHeo5DpQQ6AEIPjAG#v=onepage&q=original%20docum ents%20for%20the%20brooklyn%20bridge&f=false. Retrieved March 24, 2016.