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Their comfortable dwellings in the once fashionable streets along the East Eiver front fell into the liands of real estate agents and boarding  house keepers ; and here, says the report to the Legislature of 1857, when the evils engendered had excited just alarm, " in its beginning, the tenant house became a real blessing oy Google 8 HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. THEIR COMFORTABLE DWELLINGS IN THE ONCE FASHIONABLE STREETS ALONG THE EAST RIVER FROT FELL INTO THE HANDS OF REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND BOARDING HOUSE KEEPERS AND HERE SAYS THE REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE OF EIGHTEEN FIFTY SEVEN WHEN THE EVILS ENGENDERED HAD EXCITED JUST ALARM QUOTE IN ITS BEGINNING THE TENANT HOUSE BECAME A REAL BLESSING
ain 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. "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. 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 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
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