1. New York City: A Comparison and History
... the Catholics. However, as time went on, they too, acquired a building. In 1760, houses were being built that were east of Broadway on an area that was considered a swamp. Draining of the swamps allowed for adequate housing to be built there, however, new housing could not keep up with the ... the biggest immigrant group to move to NYC. The Chinese also entered the U.S. as the California gold rush became popular. The Chinese occupied in area in Manhattan that became almost exclusively Chinese before the 1900s. Black people were an extremely small minority around this time (about 1.4 perc...
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