It is unfortunate that in New York and many other cities public housing has pre-empted not the worst but the best of the acknowledged slum areas -- that is, those favorably located on parks and ...

NYPL The first six slum clearance sites in New York City were approved in 1955; the best-known, Lincoln Square, would lead to the creation of the Lincoln Center performing arts campus.

From ‘a Surly Kind of Slum’ to a Desirable Locale This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such ...

That area now has its own history, on a grand scale, in "Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood that Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious ...