Street Peddlers ship-puzzles the pavement at 104th Street

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Street Peddlers ship-puzzles the pavement at 104th StreetAt the turn of the century, the Lower East Side was the first stop in America for European immigrants struggling to start a new life. The tenement lined streets, rather than being paved with gold, were filled with peddlers, noise, dirt and poverty, as evident in this circa 1915 photograph. Immigrants lived in the miserable conditions cramped, decrepit tenement apartments with little space, ventilation, or light, and no heat or plumbing. As an escape,