Latest posts tagged with #tenements on Bluesky
*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. March 16, 1936.
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#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #UpperEastSide #LenoxHill #WPA #FederalArtProject #photographyart #photographers #urbanphotography #tenements #blackandwhitephotography
‘Tenements Rising’
#Blipfoto #photography #WideWednesday #architecture #tenements #stone #repetition #Edinburgh #rain
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#OTD in 1877
Life in the #tenements of #NewYorkCity
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‘One more mouth to feed’ *Harper's Weekly* January 13, 1877
1877 was the last year of the ‘Long Depression’ begun in 1873 when a failed railroad project led to the collapse of a major bank and, ultimately, ➡️
This can include wally dugs (china dogs), and wallies (or false teeth). This, in itself, is derived from an older meaning of anything fancy, splendid or highly decorative.
#glasgow #broomhill #tenements #tiles #ceramics #tenementtiles #wallyclose
A fine example of a wally close in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. A wally close is a tiled a commununal stairwell a Glasgow tenement, with the word wally being a Scots word for anything made from ceramics or china.
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#glasgow #broomhill #tenements #tiles #ceramics #tenementtiles #wallyclose
beings to live in. Fortunate are the poor who have compassionate landlords willing to wait for their rent until better times come round again.’
#PanicOf1873 #tenements #illustration #illustrationart
#CHRISTMAS in 1897
‘Merry Christmas in the Tenements’
#Illustration from Jacob A. Riis, *Out of Mulberry Street. Stories of Tenement life in New York City* (New York: Century, 1897)
#christmastrees #Christmas #Natale #holidays #NewYorkCity #LowerEastSide #tenements
"Done well, reform can move tenement maintenance from crisis response to planned stewardship. It can reduce costs over time, support energy transition, and strengthen confidence in collective urban living."
#housing #Scotland #tenements #Edinburgh
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In #DECEMBER 1879
‘Fish Vendor’
*Scribner's Monthly*, December 1879
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
#LowerEastSide #tenements #Bowery #Manhattan
Just love these. John Hughes and Lancelot Keay. Should have been redeveloped and repurposed.
#tenements #housing #1930s #architecture
Yesterday morning looking east along Argyle Street in the west of Glasgow.
#glasgow #tenements #argylestreet #argylestreetashtree #finniestonn #architecture #streetscape #sunrise #glasgowsunrise
jar, and discovered a yawning rent in the party wall. One of the tenants spoke to the landlord and insisted that a complaint be made to the proper authorities, and that the building should be repaired. No repairs were made and the tenants were not ordered out.’
#NYC #tenements
#OTD in 1866
‘Street music - the organ grinder’
*Harper's Weekly* November 17, 1866
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
#illustration #illustrationart #Manhattan #LowerEastSide #tenements
Image and caption from http://www.shorpy.com/new-york-tenement-1912
In #November 1912
‘New York Tenement: 1912 A Jewish family works on garters in the kitchen of a New York City tenement home’ Photograph by Sociologist and photographer Lewis Wickes Hine (1874-1940), November 1912.
#LewisHine #tenements #NewYorkCity
Drawing a bay window in black ink. Writing on page says "Insulating a bay window"
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#ecorenovation #communityglasgow #makinghomeswarmer #glasgownetzero #glasgow #scottishhousing #epc #retrofitscotland #tenements #netzero
Lower East Side Schoolyard (c. 1983)
NYC
Copyright Liza Dey Photography.
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #urban #urbandecay #streetphotography #tenements #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #lowereastside #photography #lizadeyphoto #picoftheday #photooftheday #PhotographersofBlueSky #EastCoastKin
Zoom into 2nd pic here... the best & most uniquely idiosyncratic block of #GlasgowStyle #tenements in #Glasgow south side also has a unique ironwork flower or leaf bud atop its bannister base in each tenement. Designed by H.E. Clifford in 1902 in #Pollokshields 💚 #ArtNouveau bsky.app/profile/tnmn...
In #OCTOBER 1896
‘The Enemies of the Working Girl’
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#LowerEastSide #tenements #illustration #illustrationart #Scribners
‘The title of the image makes reference to the numbers of families who did piece work at night and/or [were] using underage children as laborers. ➡️
1860s blonde sandstone tenement on Argyle Street in Finnieston, Glasgow. I like the painted signs on the ground floor shop fronts on this building, especially Pearl the gold leaf shell oyster lady.
#glasgow #architecture #tenements #finnieston #glasgowtenement #architecturephotography
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck. http://www.maggieblanck.com/NewYork/Life.html
‘Typical Peddler, Forsyth Street Near Grand’
'The peddlers frequently were at the same location every day. Everything was sold off peddler's carts - food, bedding, toys, etc.'
Oct. 18, 1906
#LowerEastSide #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #urbanphotography #tenements
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck. http://www.maggieblanck.com/NewYork/Life.html
food be bought in small quantities which is always more expensive that buying in bulk hence increasing the cost of food.’
Photo: October 18, 1906
#Manhattan #LowerEastSide #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography #streetmarket #streetfood #urbanphotography #tenements
Entrance to an old railway tunnel under the tenements of Thornwood in the west end of Glasgow.
#glasgow #oldrailwaylines #abandonedglasgow #abandonedengineering #thornwood #tenements
A photo zooming into a detailed stone carving at the top of a tenement block in Marchmont
Always look up, you never know what wee detail you might spot!
#Scotland #Edinburgh #Marchmont #Tenements #ScottishHeritage
Some rather lovely decorative tiles from a tenement close in the Thornwood area of Glasgow.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #tile #tiling #tenements #tenementtiles #glasgowtenements #thornwood
We know their vision for #PeopleOfColor. Whether you are a citizen or not, they want to put NonWhite folk into for-profit, taxpayer funded, labor camps. We should note, they have evil plans for white people too. #Tenements is probably a word you don't hear often. This is the end game for white-folk.
'Fire-escapes'
East Village, NYC
Copyright Liza Dey Photography.
#nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #eastvillage #urban #fireescapes #tenements #architecture #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #photography #lizadeyphoto #picoftheday #PhotographersofBlueSky #EastCoastKin
*Changing New York* series (1935-1938), Federal Art Project. September 8, 1938.
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#BereniceAbbott #Manhattan #WPA #FederalArtProject #TheNewDeal #photography #PhotographyIsArt #photographers #tenements #architecture
#OTD in 1877
‘The gossips’
*Harpers Weekly*, September 8, 1877
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
#manhattan #LowerEastSide #illustration #illustrationart #tenements #tenementlife #streetlife
#OTD in 1882
‘Women's Day at A New York Swimming Bath Drawn by H. A. Ogden’
*Harpers Weekly*, Sept. 2, 1882
Collection of Maggie Land Blanck
#illustration #illustrationart #illustration #illustrationartists #drawings #HAOgden #tenements #TenementLife #NewYorkCity #HarpersWeekly
Here's the first look at our upcoming Tenement Tiles of Glasgow 2026 Calendar, featuring decorative tiles from Glasgow's Victorian and Edwardian tenements. It's available from www.thisismyglasgow.com/product-cate...
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#glasgow #architecture #tiles #artnouveau #tenements #ceramics #tiling
