Model of Block on Lower East Side from the Tenement House Exhibition of 1900

 

Name
Community Service Society of New York (Former owner,Issuing body)
Title
Model of Block on Lower East Side from the Tenement House Exhibition of 1900
Abstract
N.B. Only Museum of City of New York negative to be used #454 Jacob A. Riis Collection Museum of the City of New York In "The Charity Organization Society of the City of New York Eighteenth Annual Report, from July, 1899 to June, 1900 Inclusive," opposite page 40. Caption: See Xerox copy below picture. The picture is used to illustrate a section entitled "Report of Tenement House Committee," pp. 39 -45. The text includes a description of the opening of the exhibition by Governor Theodore Roosevelt on February 10, 1900, "in the former Sherry building, at 404 Fifth Avenue . . . The opening meeting was so well attended that many people who desired to be present were unable to gain admission to the building . . . The exhibition was opened to the general public on the following Monday, February 12th*. . . and in that short period of two weeks was viewed by as many as 10,000 persons." In "Charities Review," March 1900. Illustrates article entitled, "The Tenement House Exhibition of 1899 [sic]," by Lawrence Veiller, pp. 19-27. Picture at beginning of article, no caption. In "The Tenement House Problem," edited by Robert W. DeForest and Lawrence Veiller, in 2 volumes (Macmillan, 0I9O3). Picture in Vol. 1, opposite page 112. Caption: An Existing Block of Tenements in 1900 on the Lower East Side of Nev York. In "The Charity Organization Society of the City of New York, l882-1907, History, Account of Present Activities," (25th Annual Report), opposite page 48. Caption: M0DEL OF BLOCK ON LOWER EAST SIDE From the Tenement House Exhibition of 1900 In "Annual Reports and Miscellaneous Publications of the Tenement House Committee, 1899-1916." Illustrates an excerpt from the COS l8th Annual Report, opposite page 6 (volume's own paging), also illustrates an excerpt from the COS 25th Annual Report, opposite page 34. * Closed Feb. 24. MODEL OF AN ACTUAL BLOCK OF TENEMENTS ON THE EAST SIDE (Made by Mr. F. T. Gilling.) The block bounded by Chrystie, Forsyth, Canal and Bayard streets. It includes 39 tenement houses, containing 605 different apartments for 2,781 persons. Of these, 2,315 are over 5 years of age, and 400 under 5 years. There are 1,588 rooms, and only 264 water closets in the block. There is not one bath in the entire block. Only 40 apartments are supplied with hot water. There are 441 dark rooms, having no ventilation to the outer air and no light or air except that derived from other rooms. There are 635 rooms getting their sole light and air from dark and narrow air-shafts. During the last 5 years there have been recorded 32 cases of tuberculosis from this block, and during the past year 13 cases of diphtheria. During the past 5 years 663 different applications for charitable relief have come from this block. The gross rentals derived from the block amount to $113,064 a year. This block is not one of the worst in the city, but merely typical.
Collection Name
Community Service Society records
Shelf Location
Box no. 296, Folder no. 42, Photograph no. 454
Subjects
Tenement houses; New York (N.Y.); Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
Format
illustrations
Genre
illustrations
Date
1900
Note
Annotation on front: MODEL OF BLOCK ON LOWER EAST SIDE From the Tenement House Exhibition of 1900
Annotation on back: AIR-SHAFT PERMITTED BY THE LAW PRIOR TO 1901 28 INCHES WIDE NEW-LAW COURT, SUBSTITUTE FOR AIR SHAFT 12 1/2 FEET WIDE, 25 FEET LONG
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/5q0k-h630