West Street. buttressed with great piers. harbors the shipping of the world with the products of every nation. But between Broadway and West Street are some of the worst tenements of which any city should be ashamed. Here. for generations. some of the poorest and least adaptable of our immigrants have found temporary shelter. if it can be called such. a shelter unfit for animals much less for human beings to live in. Two great bridges spring from the shores of Manhattan to the strands of Brooklyn. One. the Brooklyn Bridge. is famous the world over. the other. the Manhattan Bridge. is a remarkable example of magnificent engineering. yet between these two splendid structures exists 200 acres of land comprising over 50.000 dilapidated old buildings. some of the worst tenements known to mankind.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about immigrants being the poorest and least adaptable.