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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. 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
 how to lay hold of these teeming masses in the tenements with Christian inHuences, to which they are now too often strangers. Might not the conference have found in the warning of one Brooklyn builder, who has invested his capital on this plan and made it pay more than 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.  SECTION ONE OF HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES THIS IS THE LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX 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
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