The Same Street when Colonel Waring wielded the Broom.

The Same Street when Colonel Waring wielded the Broom.

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.

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.

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

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

[Street view.]

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

Celebrating the feast of St. Rocco in Bandit's Roost, Mulberry Bend--May 23, 1895.

Bandit's Roost with St. Rocco's altar in the rear, at the bottom of the alley.

Tammany Street cleaning, corner of 4th Street and Avenue D.

Bandit's Roost with St. Rocco's altar in the rear, at the bottom of the alley.

Under the W. 35 Street Dump.

Under the W. 35 Street Dump.