Tenement Life in the Early 20th Century

Background to

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Immigration in the Mid-19th Century

Massive Overcrowding

The Council survey revealed that 495,592 people more than half the entire population of the City - lived in tenements.

On the Lower East Side, the numbers worked out to 240,000 people to the square-mile.

Tenement Conditions

The End of Tenements

Resources used

thehistorybox.com/ny_city/tenement_life_nycity.html

www.maggieblanck.com/NewYork/Life.html

http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/eagle.html

More information

Tenement Museum located at 108 Orchard Street

www.tenement.org/