Urban Tenements by Amina Zayan https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i en-us 2018-01-29 14:58:46 UTC 2018-01-29 20:47:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 5 amina22 https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225657747 Around 1864, approximately 480,00 of of New York City's population of 700,000 lived in 15,300 tenement buildings. Over the years, many deals and laws were made and signed about tenement building regarding size, and other aspects such as clean water and electricity.
source:   http://www.encyclopedia.com/literature-and-arts/art-and-architecture/architecture/tenements]]> 2018-01-29 15:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225657747 4 amina22 https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225657910 The start of tenements was in 1867, it was originally made up as a place for the newcomers to rent, but after a while, most of New York's buildings were consisting of tenements. A typical tenement was 5 to 6 stories high. 
Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/literature-and-arts/art-and-architecture/architecture/tenements]]> 2018-01-29 15:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225657910 3 amina22 https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225657964 Some tenements were not only very tiny for a family to live in, but also did not provide a clean, safe source of water. There only water source was one faucet in the courtyard. 
Diseases spread quickly, constantly killing people.
Source: Textbook]]> 2018-01-29 15:03:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225657964 2 amina22 https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225657997 Tenements were small, dark, and ariless. One person had once described tenements as "great prison-like structures of brick, with narrow doors and windows, cramped passages and steep, rickety stairs". 
Source: Textbook ]]> 2018-01-29 15:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225657997 1 amina22 https://padlet.com/amina22/7quez2m3mo5i/wish/225658033 As urban populations grew bigger and bigger, people also needed a place to live. In order to solve the problem, developers across the country threw up cheap apartment building which they called "tenements". 
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