The Same Street when Colonel Waring wielded the Broom.

The Same Street when Colonel Waring wielded the Broom.

A Tammany-swept East Side Street before Col. Waring's Day.

Col. Geo. E. Waring, Jr. He "put a man instead of a voter behind every broom" and cleaned New York.

Col. Geo. E. Waring, Jr. He "put a man instead of a voter behind every broom" and cleaned New York.

A Tammany-swept East Side Street before Col. Waring's Day.

A Tammany-swept East Side Street before Col. Waring's Day.

Tammany Street cleaning before Waring's Days in front of 9 Varick Place.

Tammany Street cleaning before Waring's Days in front of 9 Varick Place.

Tammany Street cleaning before Waring's Days in front of 9 Varick Place.

The only Bath-tub in the Block: it hangs in the Air Shaft.

Truck Farming on the Site of Stryker's Lane.

One Door that has been opened: St. John's Park in Hudson Street, -- once a graveyard.

Shine, sir?

Hester Street. The Street, the school children's only playground.

Typical Toughs (from the Rogues' Gallery).

Hester Street. The Street, the school children's only playground

Kindergarten on the Recreation pier at the Foot of E. 24th Street.

Hester Street. The Street, the school children's only playground.

[Street view.]