{"id":11607,"date":"2016-11-21T16:26:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T22:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.publish.uic.edu\/?page_id=11607"},"modified":"2020-11-27T14:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T20:40:53","slug":"tenements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/home\/tenements\/","title":{"rendered":"TENEMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>TENEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/1311.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13098\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13098\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/1311-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"1311\" width=\"310\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/1311-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/1311.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/4532.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13126\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13126\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/4532-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"4532\" width=\"308\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/4532-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/4532.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/7bra1fi2o5vunn9zcz8l1e6m2lmo4f1v\"><em>City Homes Association<\/em> by Wendy Plotkin<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/5tkffps53vft3vul2orqhitl2mkkeb9w\"><em>Housing Reform in the 1890&#8217;s<\/em> by Wendy Plotkin<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>PHOTO GALLERY<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/8nigysazyyp9hfx3t7n458qvxgfg3hp4\">Metropolitan Housing<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>PHOTOJOURNALISM: PICTURING CHICAGO TENEMENTS (1900-1909)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/TYPICAL-CHICAGO-TENEMENT-COURT-AND-CHILDRENS-PLAYGROUND-EWING-ST.-NEAR-HALSTED.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13127\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13127\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/TYPICAL-CHICAGO-TENEMENT-COURT-AND-CHILDRENS-PLAYGROUND-EWING-ST.-NEAR-HALSTED-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"TYPICAL CHICAGO TENEMENT COURT AND CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND-EWING ST. NEAR HALSTED\" width=\"504\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/TYPICAL-CHICAGO-TENEMENT-COURT-AND-CHILDRENS-PLAYGROUND-EWING-ST.-NEAR-HALSTED-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/TYPICAL-CHICAGO-TENEMENT-COURT-AND-CHILDRENS-PLAYGROUND-EWING-ST.-NEAR-HALSTED-768x800.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/TYPICAL-CHICAGO-TENEMENT-COURT-AND-CHILDRENS-PLAYGROUND-EWING-ST.-NEAR-HALSTED-983x1024.jpg 983w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/TYPICAL-CHICAGO-TENEMENT-COURT-AND-CHILDRENS-PLAYGROUND-EWING-ST.-NEAR-HALSTED-1000x1041.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/TYPICAL-CHICAGO-TENEMENT-COURT-AND-CHILDRENS-PLAYGROUND-EWING-ST.-NEAR-HALSTED.jpg 1886w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/qxqie7c2mvehqwm5bfqqz003pb5iuwll\">Plan Of Two-Room Model Tenement (1900)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/zsvxltryvb77bc28zwii179sk2j9ttfg\">Scenes District Fire Made Families Homeless (1901)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/l4ar0bbl5te0c4fpirdmglfnu0kwtpbe\">Tenement Conditions In Chicago (1901)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/bwlcq96edcc06ueiys2wj3mmac7e05zi\">Hot Weather Drives Thousands To Park &amp; Lake For Relief (1903)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/b1uris660ms7lqbviefn0p47r3yj2l3a\">Free Ice Midst Suffering West Side Tenement (1905)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/hpdxbbuvtl28gh1kubuhagytwm9xj541\">Typical Chicago Tenement Court and Children&#8217;s Playground-Ewing St. Near Halsted (1906)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/xnikiew33726fajv3ebdywza006umleq\">Wickedest District In The World (1906)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/bklkco6elj2ikpnji4mufs3m33g34kfv\">Nurse Visiting Tenement and Sufferer (1909)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0<strong>THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN CHICAGO (1892-1902)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/10\/0476.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10215\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/10\/0476.jpg\" alt=\"0476\" width=\"334\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/10\/0476.jpg 401w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/10\/0476-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/1317r.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13129\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13129\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/1317r-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"1317r\" width=\"318\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/1317r-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2016\/11\/1317r.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/4i2v2nxgemzo5equj2x7wvtdv7omeyo9\">Committee on Tenement Houses (1884)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/0sezxnc7g1dy38mh15end4oqnqzcjaqv\">Among The Poor Of Chicago by Joseph Kirkland (1892)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/fkwkv7dtuon8fox4x5qo2638kmubv3ej\">Housing Reform in Chicago by Robert Hunter (1902)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>TENEMENT CONDITIONS IN CHICAGO (1901)<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1306.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2471\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2471\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1306.jpg\" alt=\"1306\" width=\"254\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1306.jpg 398w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1306-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1326.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2483\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2483\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1326-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1326\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1326-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1326.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/5tknrvs1vgkxer4bah87hxte1o3lwm9j\">Tenement Conditions in Chicago by Robert Hunter (1901)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>CHICAGO HOUSING REFORMERS:\u00a0<em>AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY <\/em>(1910-1915)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1466.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-449\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-449\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1466-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"1466\" width=\"311\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1466-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1466.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1471.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2495\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2495\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1471-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"1471\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1471-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2015\/04\/1471.jpg 607w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/unewllcolib1boeyi70kwl3ahkjiu63q\">Chicago Housing Problems, Families In Furnished Rooms (1910)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/zl9z6bjqfi05xrbldp3mymtsplol9th9\">Chicago Housing Conditions, South Chicago at the Gates of the Steel Mills (1911)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/yyaj88jo4j7axz93vyc0pwlhkrxh1eua\">Chicago Housing Conditions, The West Side Revisited (1911)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/1xo99uhyqv7pg2xp52i6rlgf7u8b8sit\">Housing Conditions In Chicago, Back Of The Yards (1911)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/yhx6k9jwm6tqq0alq4z4a73s9hhg91kv\">Chicago Housing Conditions, Greeks and Italians in the Neighborhood of Hull-House (1915)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>TENEMENTS (1885-1914):\u00a0POPULAR CARTOONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2017\/05\/914-TENEMENT-CHILD-BEFORE-AFTER-INFANT-WELFARE-AID-cdt-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2017\/05\/914-TENEMENT-CHILD-BEFORE-AFTER-INFANT-WELFARE-AID-cdt-1.jpg\" width=\"519\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response to \u201cslum\u201d tenements, in London, New York, and Chicago, money walked and bullshit talked. Landlord exploitation, corrupt public officials, epidemic and environmental hazards to life\u2013especially the children\u2013compounded the exposures to mortal risk represented in graphic art.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/cdqftze6mkfr0roj61gqn0lfm47j01v8\">NY Tenement House Fire Escapes (1885)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/8ohjgg5vmsmefcctqnf7bqjtnad5hxwi\">One Advantage Of a NY Tenement (1895)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/yey69q3k1za03oz3ajphbikij8dzqska\">Poor Man-Benefactor Hated Rich (1897)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/sfoyajrskuqnmaben67lq4qx3n0q8znc\">In Microbe Hollow (1902)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/j9feb8zxol2n440brmvoi5npze5k5wf1\">Mass Meeting In Microbe Hollow (1902)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/zztmi48qj474yuvrrb3tvbtu132i40o1\">The Tenement Child Before and After Infant Welfare Aid (1914)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>FRANK LESLIE POPULAR ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE (NEW YORK CITY) : TENEMENTS (1881-1891)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2017\/05\/885-TENEMENT-HOUSE-FIRE-FATHERS-DESPERATE-RESORT-Frank-Leslies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/files\/2017\/05\/885-TENEMENT-HOUSE-FIRE-FATHERS-DESPERATE-RESORT-Frank-Leslies.jpg\" width=\"499\" height=\"721\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/y6qtsqyq5kqt82porg9v023nhxzcy3iu\">Canvas Swell Candidate For Political Office In Tenement District (1881)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/i3odocxqjo3olkmwl41qniwmokjq3sys\">Fatal Fire In Rear Of Tenement (1881)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/h6wwxlrk1u9el9nqdzcheswxo865ydm7\">Total Collapse Two Tenements Houses (1881)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/pq42xfbz5xa3wmnvzcr9mr9gzio0yztk\">The Old and New Style Of Tenement Houses (1882)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/owcf8lp8oe2w6smthwf7wk66ns02jizq\">Tenement House Fire, Fathers Desperate Resort (1885)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/gna6vgqnui2uinnrszkm8srxs8ms0gm0\">Tenement House Tobacco Strippers, Employment of Children (1888)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uofi.box.com\/s\/w7mk01odbub70ngsfo80m5lk738e2ygg\">Census Taking In NY Tenement (1891)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TENEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT INTRODUCTION City Homes Association by Wendy Plotkin Housing Reform in the 1890&#8217;s by Wendy Plotkin PHOTO GALLERY Metropolitan Housing PHOTOJOURNALISM: PICTURING CHICAGO TENEMENTS (1900-1909) Plan Of Two-Room Model Tenement (1900) Scenes District Fire Made Families Homeless (1901) Tenement Conditions In Chicago (1901) Hot Weather Drives Thousands To Park &amp; Lake For<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/home\/tenements\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":979,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":16,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/979"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11607"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21428,"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11607\/revisions\/21428"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxwellhalsted.uic.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}