Common views of the
Immigrant in the late 1800’s.
LOVE/HATE Relationship with
Homeland.
Difficult trip overseas.
Generally greatful and happy with
decision to come to USA.
New
Architectural
Style
New
Symbols of
Change &
Progress
Make
a New
Start
New
Use of
Space
New
Class
Diversity
New Energy
The City as a
New “Frontier?”
New Levels
of Crime,
Violence, &
Corruption
New Culture
(“Melting Pot”)
New Form of
Classic “Rugged
Individualism”
Tenement Slum Living
Lodgers Huddled
Together
Tenement Slum Living
Struggling Immigrant
Families
Urban Growth: 1870 1900