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Albany City Hall and State Capitol Building

Jacob Riis

Albany City Hall and State Capitol Building

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    Learn how photographer Jacob Riis changed the lives of New York Citiy's poor by exposing how they were forced to live.

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    Fire companies ride down the roads of New York City in the early twentieth century.

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    Central Park was intricately designed to fulfill the rural needs of urban dwellers.

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