2010年4月22日 · Tenements were low‑rise apartment buildings, known for cramped spaces and poor living conditions, that emerged in urban centers like New York City in the 1800s.

2021年9月18日 · These stunning photos reveal just how hard life was for the immigrant occupants of New York's tenement buildings a century ago. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, New York City swelled with wave after wave of European …

2018年6月7日 · The New York Tenement House Department was created in 1901 to enforce new building standards and document safety and health violations in New York City's overcrowded multi-family dwellings.

2019年5月17日 · The Tenement House Act of 1901, which echoed Riis’ findings and called for reforms, led to the creation of New York City’s Tenement House Department, which issued annual and biennial reports from 1902 through 1937—all of which are housed in the Municipal Library.

Between 1902 and 1914, the New York City Tenement House Department started documenting the tenement conditions. Their photographs live on as a testament to the time when merely renting a space to live in put the tenants’ lives at risk.

Fire, disease, unsanitary conditions, lack of clean food and water, overcrowding, high mortality rates–all were regular features of everyday life, especially in the most notorious “tenement” houses of the Lower East Side.

New immigrants in New York City often chose tenement housing because rents were low. The average apartment for a family of 10 was 325 square feet (30 square meters). Typical buildings occupied 90% of a standard 25-by-100-foot lot, with windows and ventilation only in …

Tenements were low-rise buildings with multiple apartments, which were narrow and typically made up of three rooms. Because rents were low, tenement housing was the common choice for new immigrants in New York City. It was common for a …

2024年3月4日 · Because rents were low, tenement housing was the common choice for new immigrants in New York City. It was common for a family of 10 to live in a 325-square-foot (30-square-meters) apartment. Buildings often covered 90% of a standard 25-by-100-foot lot, with windows and ventilation only at the front and back.

2018年6月7日 · Tenement homes are part of the city's history, architectural look, and sociology, as well as the lifestyles of its current residents. The imprint and influence of the New York tenement are layered upon the city much like the apartments …