The NYC Photographic Haunts of Jacob Riis, from Exhibit at Museum of City of New York

A central highlight of the comprehensive exhibit Jacob Riis: Revealing New York’s Other Half at the Museum of the City of New York is a map showing the places where Riis photographed in the city in support of his social reform efforts. While many of the photographs are concentrated in downtown areas like the Lower East Side and Chinatown, Riis and his team did venture as far uptown as Hell’s Kitchen and the Upper East Side.

Here is a sampling of Riis’ photographic haunts, featured in the current exhibit:

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