Small crowded immigrant houses.
An attempt to provide better housing in the slums.
Urban slums were the neighborhoods consisting of tenements that arose in U.S. cities. These slums were often impoverished, polluted, and unsanitary.
Many immigrants lived in urban apartment slums called flats. These flats held a great many people and were often overcrowded.
Nicer apartment buildings in the slums.
Nicer apartment buildings in the slums
what are the negative effects of Urbanization on housing their slums and tenements
The poor lived in tenements, which are like modern day slums.
Living in the slums in the early 1900s was extremely harsh and challenging. Families often lived in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions, with limited access to clean water and proper sanitation. Poverty, disease, and crime were rampant, making it a difficult and dangerous environment for residents.
A+LS: Enements and slums
The poor lived in tenements, which are like modern day slums.
Riis' goal was to bring to light the conditions of the poor living in the tenements and slums of New York City.
Slums are poorly kept places in all cities in the world with over 10,000 inhabitants. There are "inner city" slums that are tenements, which are apartment buildings that have been allowed to deteriorate by the landlords. There are slums on the outskirts of cities that have houses constructed of cardboard or corrugated tin.