fromWest Side Rag
13 hours agoIn the 19th Century, the Shacks and Shanties of Squatters Dotted the Upper West Side
The first news accounts of squatters in New York City were published in the 1850s, as impoverished German and Irish immigrants surged into the city. Charles Loring Brace wrote about them for The New York Times, describing the rough cabins they lived in and the rough living many eked out, by picking through the streets to collect and sell anything of value.
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