Tenements Explained: History, Function, and Key Legislative Impacts

Learn about tenements, their role in urban development, historical origins, and the legislative acts that shaped modern ...
The New York Times

THE TENEMENT HOUSE DEPART- MENT BUDGET.

New York Times subscribers* enjoy full access to TimesMachine—view over 150 years of New York Times journalism, as it originally appeared. *Does not include Games-only or Cooking-only subscribers.
Brownstoner

Walkabout with Montrose: Tenement Living

This is the second in a series of pieces about the development of multiple-unit housing in Brooklyn. Starting at the bottom of the economic ladder and moving up tenements. There have been tenement ...
Irish Central

Irish domestic lives in New York tenements explored at Great Hunger Museum

Food Historian and Tenement Museum Educator will discuss what domestic life was like for immigrant families in 19th century New York "In the Irish Tenement Kitchen”, a lecture by Food Historian and ...