Bah, these modern homeless aren’t putting in the effort to make proper Shanty Towns like they used to. /s
No appreciation for art
Shantytown was a big step up from this. How is it that conditions during the great depression were an improvement from today? How is that not a big fucking problem?
During the Great Depression, there were fewer resources available for harassing and dispersing homeless folk to preserve the effective monopoly of private entities on usable land.
Not ‘no resources’. But fewer.
Also, more people with the requisite knowledge, like construction workers and carpenters, were out on the streets at the time.
Amazing
1935 and cat memes already existed (picture frame on the center shack)…
It’s wild how much could be said about this photo, such as how a living space that size in modern NYC would probably cost thousands a month. Not to mention the resourcefulness and ingenuity of those folks.
Those shanties are probably more structurally sound than some of the cardboard and paper they throw up in 2 days and call luxury apartments.
The idea that there were unpaved parts of NYC seems crazy to me
Or alleys for that matter.
Dude on the right has given up. Dude on the left has decided he is never giving up.
Back when food was the drug of choice.
A terrible, and expensive, addiction.
Was just watching this. https://youtu.be/vwvVJ_zWpro?si=oCIFvvNAwfUvM7w6
