Serious health problems and overcrowding in the Vandewater and Cliff street area. Pass the cursor over the map to view titles and to access hot-spots.
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35 Spruce: Taylor & Morgan, Leather(click) 33 Spruce: Gillespie, Studwell & Co., Shoe Manufacturers' Goods(click) Commercial Buildings 53 Ferry: L. Bamberger, Calf Skins (click) 323 Pearl: Commercial Building Commercial Buildings 321 Pearl: Lichtenstein Tobacco (click) 315 Pearl: John Williams & Son, Mirrors (click) Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings 25 Ferry: John Bowie's Leather Store (click) Commercial Buildings Kumbel's Leather Belting (click) Commercial Buildings Boarding House with Saloon, 52 Frankfort St. Black-owned Drugstore, 102 Gold St (click) 8 Dover: Liberty Hose Co. (Hose Co. #10) [1860-61 Directory] 6 Dover: Private Dwelling Area to the right of the dotted line was once Beekman's Swamp(click here) Intersection of Cliff and Frankfort streets Intersection of Pearl and Ferry streets with Peck Slip Pearl street: Heavy line indicates sewer Dover street: Heavy line indicates sewer Vandewater street: Heavy line indicates sewer Vandewater street: Heavy line indicates sewer Gold street: Heavy line indicates sewer Jacob street: Heavy line indicates sewer Jacob street: Heavy line indicates sewer Cliff street: Heavy line indicates sewer Commercial Building, Franklin Street Leather factory and tanyard(click here) Area above the line was once Beekman's Swamp(click here) Rear Tenement Shanties or Uninhabitable Buildings Commercial Buildings Commercial Building Commercial Building Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings 91 Gold St.: Isham's Leather Warehouse ``TO LET. -- APARTMENTS IN THE SECOND STORY of the modern two-story house, No. 19 Vandewater-street, with privileges, &c. These are very desirable premises for a small respectable family. Apply on the premises.''-- New York Times, Sept. 15, 1860. Privies Privies Privy Shanties or Uninhabitable Buildings Pearl St. Commercial Buildings: Site of major 1863 fire (click) Commercial Buildings Shanty Commercial Building Commercial Building Commercial Building Saloon Saloon Saloon in a Commercial Building Commercial Buildings Tenement House Tenement House Tenement House Tenement House Soap and Candle Factory (click here) Tenement House adjoining a Stable Tenement House Tenement House with Saloon Tenement House Boarding House Tenement House with Saloon Tenement House Tenement House Tenement House Tenement Houses Tenement Houses Tenement House Boarding House Boarding House Tenement House Water street Tenement Houses Tenement House 272 Water Street: Tenement House with Saloon 316 Pearl: Tenement House Rear Tenements Tenement Houses Tenement House with Saloon Tenement Houses with Saloons Tenement House Tenement House with Saloon Tenement House with Saloon Tenement House with Saloon Tenement House with Saloon Tenement House with Saloon Tenement House with Saloon Tenement Houses with Saloons Tenement House with Saloon, 100 Gold St. Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Boarding Houses Boarding House Boarding House Boarding House Boarding Houses 4-Story Boarding Houses: Dashed lines indicate passageways to interior of the block 274 Water St.: Private Dwelling Private Dwelling Private Dwelling Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Commercial Buildings Cliff Street area: Overcrowding(click here) 21 Vandewater: Private Dwelling 10 & 12 Dover: Private Dwellings 83,85 & 87 Cliff: Private Dwellings Area below the line was once Beekman's Swamp(click here) Cherry Street 7 Cherry St.: Typhus/Typhoid in past year 328 Pearl St.: Typhus/Typhoid in past year 4 Hague St.: Typhus/Typhoid in past year 5 Vandewater: Smallpox in past year 10 Vandewater: Smallpox and Typhus/Typhoid in past year 13 Vandewater: Typhus/Typhoid in past year 9 Vandewater: Smallpox in past year 52 Frankfort St.: Typhus or Typhoid in past year 17 Jacob St.: Typhus or Typhoid in past year 13 Jacob St.: Typhus or Typhoid in past year Pearl Street Privy in an Extremely Offensive Condition Privies in an Extremely Offensive Condition Stable Stable Stable Stable (click here) Stable (click here) Stable Part of the Second Ward 11 Jacob St.: An unhealthy place to live (click here) 3 Vandewater: an unhealthy place to live (click here) Peck Slip: Heavy line indicates sewer Spruce Street Ferry street: Heavy line indicates sewer Frankfort street Frankfort street: Heavy line indicates sewer Cliff street: Heavy line indicates sewer Overcrowded Area (click here) Harper's Building at Franklin Square (click here) 3 Dover, Home of Stabbing Victim (click here) 2 Vandewater: Assault on a drunk, 1860 (click here) Harper's Building at Franklin Square (click here) 20 Vandewater: attacked by rioters (click here) 2 Dover, attacked by rioters (click here)
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