Outlawed rear tenements from Astor Memorial School, destroyed in 1897 by Board of Health.
36-36 1/2 Baxter St. as the place was before rear ten. was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.
36-36 1/2 Baxter Street as the place was before the rear tenement was torn down by Board of Health in 1897 under the Tenement House Law.
"Playground" of the children in the Astor Memorial School, Children's Aid Society, Mott Street.
Bone Alley.
Children in "The Ship," destroyed by B. of Health in 1897, after the visit of Roosevelt & myself [Jacob A. Riis] there.
Tenement House Yard.
An old rear-tenement in Roosevelt Street.
Baxter Street Alley in Mulberry Bend, now destroyed.
Cat Alley, when the rear tenements were torn down in the Elm Street widening.
Typical Tenement Fire escape, serving as an extension of the "flat" -- Allen Street.