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"Within the memory of men not yet in their prime, Washington had moved from Iiis house on Cherry Hill as too far out of town to 'be easily reached. Now the old residents fol  lowed hia example ; but they moved in a different direction and for a different reason. WITHIN THE MEMORY OF MEN NOT YET IN THEIR PRIME WASHINGTON HAD MOVED FROM HIS HOUSE ON CHERRY HILL AS TOO FAR OUT OF TOWN TO BE EASILY REACHED NOW THE OLD RESIDENCE FOLLOWED HIS EXAMPLE BUT THEY MOVED IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AND FOR A DIFFERENT REASON
han a money interest, a hint worth heeding : " How shall the love of God be understood hy those who have been nurtured in sight only of the greed of man ? " ,y Google „Goo'^lo OHAPTEE I. GENESIS OF THE TENEMENT, THE first tenement New York knew bore the mark of Cain from its birtli, thougli a genei-ation passed before tlie writing waa deciphered. It was the "rear iionse," infamous ever after in our citj'e history, Tiiere had been tenant-houses before, but they were not built for tlie purpose. Nothing would probably liave shocked their original owners more than the idea of their hai'bor- ing a promiscuous crowd ; for they were the decorous homes of the old Knickerbockers, the proud aristocracy of Manhattan in the early days. It was the stir and bustle of trade, together with the tremendoiis immigi'ation that followed upon the war of 1812 that dislodged them. In thirty-iive years the city of less than a huMdred thousand came to harbor half a million souls, for whom homes had to be found. VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY MAGGIE RUSSELL HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES BY JACOB RIECE CHAPTER ONE GENESIS OF THE TENEMENT THE FIRST TENEMENT NEW YORK KNEW BORE THE MARK OF CAIN FROM ITS BIRTH THOUGH A GENERATION PASSED BEFORE THE WRITING WAS DECIPHERED IT WAS THE QUOTE REAR HOUSE AND QUOTE INFAMOUS EVER AFTER IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY THERE HAD BEEN TENANT HOUSES BEFORE BUT THEY WERE NOT BUILT FOR THE PURPOSE NOTHING WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SHOCKED THEIR ORIGINAL OWNERS MORE THAN THE IDEA OF THEIR HARBOURING A PROMISCUOUS CROWD FOR THEY WERE THE DECOROUS HOMES OF THE OLD KNICKERBOCKERS THE PROUD ARISTOCRACY OF MANHATTAN IN THE EARLY DAYS IT WAS THE STIR AND BUSTLE OF TRADE TOGETHER WITH THE TREMENDOUS IMMIGRATION THAT FOLLOWED UPON THE WAR OF EIGHTEEN TWELVE THAT DISLODGED THEM IN THIRTY FIVE YEARS THE CITY OF LESS THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND CAME TO HARBOUR HALF A MILLION SOULS FOR WHOM HOLMES HAD TO BE FOUND
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