The Old Style of Tenements, with Yards.
[Thompson Street, bird's eye view.]
Typical Tenement Fire escape, serving as an extension of the "flat" -- Allen Street.
It costs a Dallar a Month to sleep in the Sheds.
Bone Alley.
Italian flat in South Fifth Avenue.
The Mott Street Barracks.
[68-70-72-74 Thompson St. Clotheslines.]
Children in "The Ship," destroyed by B. of Health in 1897, after the visit of Roosevelt & myself [Jacob A. Riis] there.
Outlawed rear tenements from Astor Memorial School, destroyed in 1897 by Board of Health.
Tenement House Yard.
Italian flat in South Fifth Ave.
"The Barracks" -- Mott Street between Bleeker and Houston.