Similarities Between 19th Century New York And Modern-Day New York

From 1890 to 1920, cities in the United States experienced a rapid growth that was unprecedented in years previous. This growth was caused by a number of factors and resulted in both positive and negative consequences. Such factors included, industrialization, technological advances, migration and immigration. Although American cities greatly improved by the expeditious urbanization, these factors also developed numerous challenges including pollution, sanitation problems, a need for environmental reform, political corruption, overcrowding, high crime rates and segregation.

Everyone's New York experience has its differences and similarities. In “Growing up Unrented on the Lower East Side” by Edmund Berrigan and “Here is New York” by E.B White two stories that tell the audiences each of the author's encounters and what they observe living in New York. In White’s journal, he talks about New York as a whole and what it’s like to live in New York. On the other hand, Berrigan speaks about what his childhood was like living in New York. White and Berrigan both lived in New York their entire life. There are many similarities shown in these journals, both authors grew among some very famous people and they both felt the solitude New York offers. However, E.B White didn't feel satisfied with the kind of life he was living in New York while Edmund Berrigan seemed to take life in New York for what it is without complaints.

New York City’s old slum neighbourhood, the Five Points, was notoriously known for its vice and crimes. The first organized crime group in New York City was the Forty Thieves which was led by Edward Coleman, started in 1825, in the back of a grocery store. The Dead Rabbits were an Irish gang in the Five Points area, and are most known for the riot they caused in 1857. The Eastman Gang were a Jewish group in the Five Points area, which began in the late nineteenth century, and were the rival of the Five Points Gang. The Five Points Gang was another group, started by Paul Kelly and included future famous mobsters. In Five Points, where most of New York City’s crime started, it also started some of history’s most notorious gangs, and mobsters.

1. The American city was changed drastically in the first half of the 20th century with the beginnings of the industrial revolution and the ongoing flow of foreigners into an already crowded United States.

In the late 1800s , America became the land of new opportunities and new beginnings and New York City became the first landmark for immigrants. New York City was home to Ellis Island, the area in which migrants were to be handed for freedom to enter the nation. Living in New York City gave work and availability to ports. In time the city gave the chance to outsider's to construct groups with individuals from their nation , they were classified as new and old settlers. Old outsiders included Germans, Irish and, English. The new outsiders incorporated those from Italy, Russia, Poland and Austria-Hungary. In 1875, the New York City populace was a little 1 million individuals contrasted with the 3,5 million it held when the new century

In its long and illustrious history, New York City (NYC) has gone through tremendous change. From a small trading post on the tip of Manhattan Island, to the greatest metropolis in the world, NYC has continued to evolve over time. One period in particular that had more degrees of change than many others, was 1860 to 1865. The lives of the residents of the great port city would be completely changed forever.

During the 1880s, a dramatic transformation in the patterns of immigration occurred and continued decades after. There were many new immigrants coming from all over the world, but United States was the most popular place for immigrants (Industrialization, 10). As a result, in the late 19th century, the United States witnessed great urban growth. This period is usually known was the “Age of the Cities”. There are several reasons account for that growth, most of which relate to scientific discoveries and technological advances.

People migrated from the old world to the new world in search of many different things. As they came, so did their different lifestyles and ideas, causing many changes and growths in the New York area. The idea of fur trade attracted many people, increasing sales in the Americas. A group of native Americans, who were nomads, cleared a lot of land making it easier for colonists to create cities. The colonists took this land and cultivated it for farming, which was a new concept in this part of the world. Being that they were farmers, they lived near bodies of water for the resource and because the rivers served as highways. These are four different examples of how New York grew because of the different people living there.

As the cities of New York grew rapidly through the advancement of industrialization and urbanization, the wealthier exploited the many immigrants settling in. Rapid urbanization made life for immigrants challenging because of the cheap and poor constructions of the tenements, and as well as overcrowding.

In the middle of the 19th century, industrialization had spread to the United States. Industrialization led to the growth of large cities and to a boom in agricultural growth as well. Many significant innovations came out of the

The 17th-century wrapped up, and what happened next seemed to be something of fiction. Other colonies had growth in population and expansion. But none like New York City. In 1700, the city was home to 5,000 residents. Roughly 100 years later, the population capped at 60,000. In the article “A Brief History of New York City” by Tim Lambert, everything that existed then and now on that island is responsible for the simplicity of selling and trading fur and skin. Over a century, New York tripled the population of Boston in the same amount of time. The spike in population from there on brought a boom in culture and ambition. Immigrants of all different nations brought something from the Old World and established it in the New World. Everyone had

In the late nineteenth century known as the Gilded Age (or the Reconstruction period) and the early twentieth century known as the Progressive era, the nation went through great economic growth and social change. Beginning from the 1870s, there was rapid growth in innovations and big businesses. This could be because there was population growth and when there is population growth, there is a high demand of products and other necessities in order to strive in society. Many immigrants from Europe, mostly from the eastern and southern Europe, and Asia moved to American cities. Additionally, farmers from rural America desired to increase economically in society and since corporations ruled and political problems occurred, they decided to move

Growing up in Harlem, New York during the 1920’s and 30’s, James Baldwin was a young Black man desperate for a place of acceptance. Surrounded by drugs and prostitution Baldwin saw a change in his neighborhood and his friends as they got older. With his friends beginning to drink and smoke Baldwin knew times were changing. He became very aware of the bodily development of the girls and the boys around him, to his surprise, he was even more enticed by the changes in the boys (Baldwin 17). During this time, Baldwin and his friends would begin to experience the racism that White America had to offer. No longer shielded by their age or naivety they had to face the fact that they were not accepted because of their skin color. With this

During the 19th century cities in America started growing at a very rapid rate. Each major city attracted citizens because they offered jobs and more opportunities for people to make a living. In the west, these cities were fueled by the gold rush, and in the south they were driven by tobacco and iron production. The growth in the west and the south followed a period of rapid growth in American cities in the north. There were two main reasons for this growth, industrialization and mechanization.

of new factories in the New York metropolitan region was invested in suburban areas beyond the boundaries of New York City.” (Teaford 109) Taking all the business away from the cities, also gained suburban towns a lot of money. All the money that the towns gained the city lost.