... became known as" America's first slum" (Peter Brightbill, Historian).3 In order to understand how this came to be, we must first strip away the layers of modern lower Manhattan and uncover who first occupied what we know as New York City. While researching this subject I stumbled over a book published in 1999, A Short and Remarkable History of New York City written by Jane ... is their result, and it adds a new complication to the puzzle of the tenements. Nineteen languages and dialects are among the accomplishments of a furniture firm's collector who does business wholly in these wards...

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