Originally Posted By: NickyEyes1
Good find alex. It's interesting to see how much of a change there has been.

Spots like East New York were almost completely white and Little Italy had over 100,000 foreign born whites, probably almost all Italian.

Greenwich Village and Hells Kitchen were near the bottom in terms of cost of rent. Now it's probably one of the highest.

Interesting to see Woodlawn in the Bronx has gotten more Irish since the 40s.


Yes,the situation was very diffrent back then.Look at the South Brooklyn red hook area,prices and standard were the lowest in the city.The waterfront was allways the toughest and the most working class,i mean if you look at the map anyway..Thoughts anybody?