The speakers were Jacob A. Riis, Dr. E.R.L. Gould, Roger Foster, and Richard Watson Gilder. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...
When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890, New York City’s Lower East Side was the epicenter of American tenement life. At one point, almost three hundred thousand people were ...
Residents are saying "enough is enough." Outside the Jacob Riis Houses on the Lower East Side, residents protested with a ...
A groundbreaking announcement by the U.S. Commerce Department this week will result in a historic expansion for Jewish businesses not only in New York, but across the country. Jewish businesses ...
The exhibition Documentary Genealogies. Photography 1848-1917 explores, throughout seven rooms, the historical background of documentary photography between the revolutions of 1848 and 1917. In 1930, ...
Underwood organizes events throughout New York City and collaborated with Berriez, a Brooklyn-based vintage store “curated for curves,” to organize Fat Beach Day at Jacob Riis Park.