Episode 18: Vicks Won't Fix This VERY UNofficial: An AICP Study Guide Podcast
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Would someone finally do something about these tenements? Well, in 1901, New York did. From there, the focus turned to congestion of population and what to do about it because Vicks VapoRub isn’t going to clear this problem up. Enter Benjamin Marsh. If you don’t know who he is, you should, and you will.
New York State Tenement Housing Act of 1901:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Tenement_House_Act
http://www.livingcityarchive.org/htm/framesets/decades/fs_00s.htm
https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/tenements
New York Committee on Congestion and Population:
https://www.planning.org/timeline/
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1381&context=theses
National Conference on City Planning and Population Congestion:
https://web.archive.org/web/20100706131047/http://www.planning.org/centennial/aprilpelcommentary.htm
https://www.planning.org/conference/future-previous/
Benjamin Marsh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_C._Marsh
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu/DOCS/marshpop.htm
Would someone finally do something about these tenements? Well, in 1901, New York did. From there, the focus turned to congestion of population and what to do about it because Vicks VapoRub isn’t going to clear this problem up. Enter Benjamin Marsh. If you don’t know who he is, you should, and you will.
New York State Tenement Housing Act of 1901:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Tenement_House_Act
http://www.livingcityarchive.org/htm/framesets/decades/fs_00s.htm
https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/tenements
New York Committee on Congestion and Population:
https://www.planning.org/timeline/
https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1381&context=theses
National Conference on City Planning and Population Congestion:
https://web.archive.org/web/20100706131047/http://www.planning.org/centennial/aprilpelcommentary.htm
https://www.planning.org/conference/future-previous/
Benjamin Marsh:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_C._Marsh
http://urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu/DOCS/marshpop.htm
12 min