While gilded ceilings and furnishings are coated in gold, appearing shiny and luxurious, they serve as a metaphor for the ...

Riis admits to paying children with cigarettes to get them to pose as lazy “Street Arabs” sleeping under an apartment stoop. He threatened a landlord with a complaint to the authorities to gain access ...

The museum perfectly packages Jacob A. Riis’ story into a biographic museum with an old-fashioned New York flavor. The museum’s exhibitions comprehensively portray Riis' life journey and its ...

Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images. By . Brittany Kriegstein. Published Jul 1, 2024. Modified Jul 1, 2024. ... Chandler and another teen disappeared while swimming at Jacob Riis Park on June 21.

Two friends, Victoria Cruz and Carlos Villacres, remember Osvaldo Gómez, known as Ms. Colombia, who was a fixture in Jacob Riis Park in Queens. She gave free legal advice to fellow Colombians.