June is National Immigration Heritage Month, a time to remember the millions who have come to America from a land far, far ...

Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890 ... And while NYC Civil Service Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt sought Riis out and became a lifelong ally in the fight for decent lives, others ...

It was the muckraker Jacob Riis who famously wrote about how the Lower East Side’s other half lived. Riis was given his due when, in 1949, a public housing complex by Walker & Gillette was named ...

FILE - The waters off Jacob Riis Park Beach in Queens is pictured on Sunday, June 30, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News) When Rogers disappeared underwater, two bystanders rushed ...

Jacob Riis' "How The Other Half Lives," a ... Following McKinley's death, his successor, President Theodore Roosevelt, and subsequent Progressive politics brought upon changes that alleviated ...

Zulay Velazquez has lived at the Jacob Riis NYCHA development in the East Village for more than 40 years. Velazquez, along with the roughly 3,600 other residents, has a big decision — to remain ...

“‘Most useful citizen’, that’s a heck of a nickname, isn’t it?” said NPS Ranger Lincoln Hallowell of Theodore Roosevelt’s nickname for Jacob Riis, for whom Jacob Riis Park is named. He said that Riis ...

Theodore Roosevelt is best known as the 26th President of the United States and the legendary "rough-rider" of the Spanish-American War. But much less is known about his deep connection and love ...

Photographer Jacob Riis documented how "the other half" lived in seedy ... also got a boost with the ascension of Theodore Roosevelt. His administration approved a number of progressive policies. By ...

However, the Jacob Riis Museum, with its extensive modern ... including New York’s mayors and even Theodore Roosevelt. The museum boasts copies of Riis’ first-edition publications, as well ...