How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New YorkRiis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)
Poor -- New York (State) -- New York; Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York
Front-- 1st floor (store, etc.) $21
2d " 13
3d " 13
4th " (and rear) 21
Rear-- 2d " 12
3d " 12
4th " (see front) --
Rear house--1st " 8
2d " 10
3d " 9
4th " 8
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Total $127
_Rents under Colored Tenants._
Per month.
Front-- 1st floor (store, etc.) $21
2d " 14
3d " 14
4th " 14
Rear-- 2d " 12
3d " 13
4th " 13
Rear house--1st " 10
2d " 12
3d " 11
4th " 10
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Total $144
An increased rental of $17 per month, or $204 a year, and an advance of
nearly thirteen and one-half per cent. on the gross rental "in favor"
of the colored tenant. Profitable, surely!
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