Wednesday, July 13, 2022 – IMAGES OF A THROBBING CITY WITH THE SADNESSES AND JOYS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2022
726th Issue
WHEN LIFE IN NEW YORK WAS
LIVED ON THE STEPS
EPHEMERAL NEW YORK
&
WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
| Where life in New York City was lived “on the steps” Between the cramped spaces, poor ventilation, and shadowy hallways, life inside a New York City tenement could be hard to bear, especially in warm weather. For relief, people headed to their outside steps: men buried themselves in the newspaper, women rocked babies, small kids played games. In a pre-air conditioned city, front stoops were lively places. It’s unclear exactly where Ashcan painter George Luks captured this scene outside a rundown building. But he appropriately named the painting “On the Steps”—where much of life played out in New York’s tenement districts. |
 It’s unclear exactly where Ashcan painter George Luks captured this scene outside a rundown building. But he appropriately named the painting “On the Steps”—where much of life played out in New York’s tenement districts. |
MORE ART BY GEORGE LUKS OF THE NEW YORK STREET SCENES
| Houston Street |
 George Luks – Armistice Night – Google Art Project.jpg |
 File:George Luks, Breadline, 1900, NGA 181062.jpg |
 Hester Street 1905 |
 Untitled |
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Text by Judith Berdy
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