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tenements. American city tenements are bad enough today, but toward the end of the 19th century they were horrors, al- ways without heat, water, or bathrooms, often with names like the Dirty Spoon or Bandit’s Roost and located on streets actually named Poverty Gap, Bottle Alley, Penitentiary Row, etc. Often they were boardinghouses with signs advertising “Five Cents a Spot,” “Hallway Space 3 cents” and “Standing Room Only.” |