The Five Points in 1859 - View taken from the corner of Worth & Little Water St.
New York: D.T. Valentine, 1860. Lithograph. Page measures 7 1/4" x 9 3/8". New York, 1860. This lithograph, made for D.T. Valentine's "Manual of the Common Council of the City of New York", depicts the "Five Points" intersection, at the crossing of Baxter (late Orange), Park (late Cross), & Worth (late Anthony) Streets. Five Points was a historic neighborhood in 19th century New York, notorious for rampant poverty, violence, and disease. In this print, primarily wooden structures densely line the..... More