The American Conservative6y
A NYC Tenement Legacy Persists, Despite Gentrification
When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890, New York City’s Lower East Side was ... They once had houses with yards, which were gradually replaced by tenements.
Carnarsie Courier4d
NPS Ranger Tells the Story of Jacob Riis – with a Surprise Ending of his Own
On Sunday, February 2nd, visitors convened at the Ryan Visitor Center in Floyd Bennett Field to enjoy a National Park Service ...
NYCHA residents across NYC protest what they say are inhumane conditions. How the housing authority is responding
NEW YORK – NYCHA residents rallied across all five boroughs Saturday, calling for improved living conditions. Residents are ...
The New York Times1mon
EVILS OF THE TENEMENTS.; Jacob A. Riis Says They Seem to be Under Charge of Satan.
was made the occasion for an interesting discussion of the tenement-house problem. The speakers were Jacob A. Riis, Dr. E.R.L. Gould, Roger Foster, and Richard Watson Gilder. View Full Article in ...
The Harvard Crimson6y
ARTICLE BY JACOB RIIS
The article by Jacob Riis entitled "Men or Money--Which ... the instigator of many reforms in New York in tenement house and school administrations, and an ardent supporter of movements for ...