The Urban Renewal federal program catalyzed the demolition of many buildings, and by the 1950s New York City had changed considerably. Let's take a look at a few more pictures of life in New York ...

Danish photographer Jacob Riis captured the inhumane conditions of New York's slums in his book ... Here are some of the photos that changed New York City — and America — forever.

When flash photography was born in 1887, he and three photographer friends began to photograph the slums of New York City and three ... The whole book with photos and illustrations is available ...

The smoke has been carried to the East Coast of the U.S., blanketing cities such as New York in an eerie haze and reducing air quality. In photos taken on June 7, many of the city's landmarks can ...

The indispensable LIFE image archive has an entire catalog of photos titled "Bronx Slums" which were taken in 1952 and 1953 (though the words "Bronx Slums" have been spotted in print for decades ...