Victory at all costs - Victory in spite of all terror - Victory
George Harrison
“Like Rome Before the Fall
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Commuters traveled to and from their workplaces in Lower Manhattan on the steam-powered Third Avenue Elevated line
Street Peddlers Size:11" x 14" Victory at all costs -At the turn of the century, the Lower East Side was the first stop in America for European immigrants struggling to start a new life. The tenement lined streets, rather than being paved with gold, were filled with peddlers, noise, dirt and poverty, as evident in this circa 1915 photograph. Immigrants lived in the miserable conditions cramped, decrepit tenement apartments with little space, ventilation, or light, and no heat or plumbing. As an escape,