THE EARLY TENEMENTS OF NEW YORK—DARK, DANK, AND …
May 17, 2019 · The final iteration was the Dumb-Bell building, which had larger shafts along the sides in the middle, which gave the floor plan the look of that piece of weightlifting equipment. Despite the new law, the Tenement Department, in its first heavily documented and illustrated report for 1902 and 1903 noted that “some of the conditions found in ...
A model tenement house. 224-226 Avenue B; Plan of first floor; Plan …
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "A model tenement house. 224-226 Avenue B; Plan of first floor; Plan of upper floors."
It considers the New York City tenements in the Progressive Era context. It unites three important aspects of the tenements: their fire escapes as public features, the tenement as a socially marginalized and disreputable building type, and model tenements as reform attempts.
NYC Tenement One tenement floor for 12 families (D=dark, L=light, H=hall) Image Source: Wikimedia Commons (public domain) This floor plan of a converted New York City tenement building during the Gilded Age illustrates (A) the creativity of New York city landlords in meeting the housing needs of immigrant families (B) the overcrowding ...
NEW YORK: MODEL TENEMENT. Floor plan of the model tenement …
NEW YORK: MODEL TENEMENT. Floor Plan Of The Model Tenement Houses In New York City, 1888. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive.
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1901: Tenement House Act In 1879, sparked by the increasing shortage of adequate housing for New York's poor immigrants, the magazine The Plumber and Sanitary Engineer sponsored a design competition.
The Evolution of Tenement Typologies in the East Village
May 17, 2022 · Typical massing for tenement buildings throughout the pre, old, and new law eras. Floorplans of pre-law, old law, and new law tenements. PRE-LAW 1820-1879. New York City tenements are typically divided into three categories: “pre-law,” “old law,” and “new law.”
Museum of the City of New York - Types of Tenement House Plans …
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Dumbbells – Old Structures Engineering
Mar 18, 2019 · One of the archetypical New York buildings is the "dumbbell tenement," which was named after its shape, not its occupants or owners. It's worth looking at what these buildings are and why the gradual reduction in their numbers is not a bad thing.
Tenement Housing in New York City to 1890 - Lillian Wald
In 1884, Felix Adler, founder and head of the Society for Ethical Culture, gave a series of lectures on the poor state of tenement housing in New York. The same year, the state legislature established the Drexel Commission to study and report on tenement housing.