The bandit's roost, pictured above, was once considered the most dangerous part of all of New York City. Jacob A. Riis was a police reporter in 1877 and decided to document the people living in New York's East Side slum district. His book, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York, was the result of these photographs and was published in 1890.Head over to Petapixel for more
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Photos of New York City&rsquo;s Most Dangerous Neighborhood
&ldquo;Bandit&rsquo;s Roost,&rdquo; pictured above, was once considered the most dangerous part in all of New York City.
Jacob A. Riis was a police reporter in 1877 and decided to document the people living in New York&rsquo;s East Side slum district. His book, How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York, was the result of these photographs and was published in 1890.
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