Biography of a tenement house in New York City : an architectural history of 97 Orchard Street

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Author / Creator:Dolkart, Andrew S.
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint:Santa Fe, N.M. : Center for American Places ; Staunton, Va. : Distributed by University of Virginia Press, 2006.
Description:ix, 142 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Center books on American places
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6014634
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ISBN:1930066570
Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Early development on the lower east side
  • Ch. 2. The tenement and its inhabitants
  • Ch. 3. Design and construction of 97 Orchard Street
  • Ch. 4. New tenement laws and the changing character of the lower east side and its inhabitants
  • Ch. 5. The tenement house act of 1901 and the tenement house department
  • Ch. 6. The changing character of the lower east side in the early twentieth century
  • Ch. 7. Creating the lower east side tenement museum.