Jacob Riis was the journalist that called attention to the living conditions of the tenement dwellers.
Jacob Riis was the journalist that called attention to the living conditions of the tenement dwellers.
Life in a tenement was not good. It was really small and crowded. There usually was many immigrant families living in one tenement apartment. There was no plumbing. You had to get water from a faucet on the main floor of the tenement and bring it back up to your apartment. If you had to go to the bathroom there was a bucket for the whole tenement and when it was full someone had to bring it out to the street and dump it.
Old buildings,landlord neglect,poor designs,and little government
Tenements had few windows and poor sanitation conditions
Tenements had few windows and poor sanitation conditions
The spread of diseases is one effect of crowded tenement living.
Cooperatives are not associated with tenement living.
Cooperatives
Tenements had few windows and poor sanitation conditions
Jacob Riis was the journalist that called attention to the living conditions of the tenement dwellers.
Jacob Riis was the journalist that called attention to the living conditions of the tenement dwellers.
Life in a tenement was not good. It was really small and crowded. There usually was many immigrant families living in one tenement apartment. There was no plumbing. You had to get water from a faucet on the main floor of the tenement and bring it back up to your apartment. If you had to go to the bathroom there was a bucket for the whole tenement and when it was full someone had to bring it out to the street and dump it.
Old buildings,landlord neglect,poor designs,and little government
Tenements had few windows and poor sanitation conditions
Actually, today the same dangers that people face in poverty stricken areas are the same as tenements. People experience crime, poverty, lack of jobs and education, inadequate housing, crowded conditions, and lack of safety.
I can give you several sentences.The old tenement building is going to be torn down.I hate living in a tenement.Tenement apartments are usually lower rent.