... was built over the location of the filled in pond. This was named Paradise Square. Mostly wooden homes were built here and by the 1820's their foundations began sinking into the unstable land causing the wooden frames to tilt. The buildings were structurally unsound, the decaying landfill became infested with mosquitos and soon the middle class families moved out of Paradise Square to higher ground. The poverty stricken, lower ... 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...

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