When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890, New York City’s Lower East Side was the epicenter of American tenement life. At one point, almost three hundred thousand people were ...
The Tenement Museum in New York City offers visitors a unique opportunity to step back in time and experience what life was like for immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
On January 23, 2005, Stolowski was one of six members forced to jump from the 4th floor of a Bronx tenement. Two members were killed that day and the four others seriously injured. Another ...