The compelling activism of Jacob Riis animates this beautifully illustrated picture book biography. O’Neill pulls Riis’s life as a U.S. immigrant from Denmark into sharp focus, using vignettes to ...
Emma Lazarus’s poem “The New Colossus,” enshrined on a bronze plaque inside the Statue of Liberty, includes these famous lines: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe ...
A young girl holding a baby sits in a doorway in New York City, circa 1890.Jacob A. Riis/Museum of the City of New York/Getty Images Danish photographer Jacob Riis captured the inhumane conditions of ...
Through photos and writings documenting poverty in New York City in the late 19th century, a Danish immigrant became a famous campaigner against... Jacob Riis: Shedding Light On NYC's 'Other Half' ...
Any student and enthusiast of New York City’s urban development knows Jacob A. Riis, author of the book How The Other Half Lives. Whether you’re in class, have gone to one of the Tenement Museum’s ...
Genesis of the tenement -- The awakening -- The mixed crowd -- The down town back-alleys -- The Italian in New York -- The Bend -- A raid on the stale-beer dives -- The cheap lodging-houses -- ...
Some crises never seem to change, and in New York, it’s our housing crisis. For those of low income, there simply isn’t enough that’s affordable. We declared a housing emergency after World War II — ...
If you stand at the corner of Bayard and Mulberry streets in lower Manhattan and look south, you will be greeted with a vibrant street scene you could find nowhere but in New York. The streets are ...
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