THE EARLY TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK—DARK, DANK, AND …
WEBMay 17, 2019 · When they walked off their ships, hundreds of thousands of men, women and children stayed in New York and had to live in apartments—that were cramped, dark and impossibly small —in buildings that were decaying firetraps, with substandard or broken plumbing and conditions not fit for a human being.
Photos Reveal Shocking Conditions of Tenement Slums in Late …
WEBOct 26, 2018 · Throughout the late 19th century, a large part of his work uncovered the lifestyle of the city's tenement slums. Here, an Italian immigrant rag-picker is seen with her baby in a small run-down...
Slums In New York: A Deep Dive Into Poverty And ... - Eye And Pen
WEBAug 20, 2023 · In this comprehensive 3,000 word article, we will dive deep into the causes and impacts of New York’s slums, which persist in neglected neighborhoods from Hunts Point to East Harlem. You’ll learn about the key factors driving this housing crisis, life inside New York’s slums, and potential solutions to alleviate poverty and expand ...
History of Harlem - Wikipedia
WEBHistory of Harlem. Founded in the 17th century as a Dutch outpost, Harlem developed into a farming village, a revolutionary battlefield, a resort town, a commuter town, a center of African-American culture, a ghetto, and a gentrified neighborhood.
The Lung Block: A New York City Slum & Its Forgotten Italian …
WEBOn April 25, 2019, the Department of Records and Information Services opened a new exhibit: The Lung Block: A New York City Slum & Its Forgotten Italian Immigrant Community. Set during the Progressive Era of the last century, curators Kerri Culhane, an architectural historian, and cultural critic Stefano Morello tell a story of immigration ...
Slums, race and mental health in New York (1938–1965)
WEBFeb 6, 2018 · Between 1938 and 1965, officials and mental health experts with the Wiltwyck School for Boys, New York Domestic Relations Court and the New York Bureau of Child Guidance imagined that...
50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — In the 1970s, Harlem’s deserted streets and tumbledown tenements told the story of a neighborhood left behind. Disinvestment had taken its toll. Violence, crime and poor living conditions had become the norm and nearly 50,000 residents — a third of the area’s population — left Harlem over the decade.
When ‘Slumming’ Was the Thing to Do - The New York Times …
WEBJul 6, 2009 · While slumming manifested itself across the American urban landscape, New York and Chicago remained the epicenters of the practice. Slum residents also saw entrepreneurial opportunity in the...
Blighted: Slums, Renewal, and Photographic Depictions of New York…
WEBMar 5, 2021 · In postwar New York, renewal advocates used photographs and visual aids to show blight. Images of empty lots, abandoned buildings, and nonwhite subjects were all used to demonstrate malignant urban decay and disease, and harmful visual depictions have continued to plague communities of color.
When June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem
WEBAug 22, 2020 · Jordan and Fuller called their collaboration “Skyrise for Harlem”: a plan for public housing that was attuned to the well-being of two hundred and fifty thousand of the neighborhood’s residents,...