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Jewish Immigration to New York City Jewish Immigration to New York City
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The Goldbergs on Pearl Street The Goldbergs on Pearl Street
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The Garment District on Orange Street The Garment District on Orange Street
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Ethnicity and Racialization at Five Points Ethnicity and Racialization at Five Points
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23 The Archaeology of Immigrant Lives and Livelihoods at New York City’s Five Points
Get accessRebecca Yamin, a historical archaeologist, is retired from the Philadelphia office of John Milner Associates, Inc., where she spent twenty years doing large urban projects including the Five Points project in New York City and many projects in Philadelphia. She authored Digging in the City of Brotherly Love: Stories from Philadelphia Archaeology; Archaeology at the Site of the Museum of the American Revolution: A Tale of Two Taverns and the Growth of Philadelphia; and co-authored The Archaeology of Prostitution and Clandestine Pursuits.
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Published:16 August 2023
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Abstract
The results of an archaeological project done in the 1990s in the heart of the old Five Points neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York, are used to discuss the lives of Eastern European Jewish garment workers on Orange (later Baxter) Street. The study highlights the meaning America had for newly arrived Jewish immigrants and how it was expressed in the archaeological record. Ethnicity is stressed as the bond that linked Jews from different backgrounds and contributed to their eventual economic success. The role of Jews does not loom large in the stereotypical construction of the Five Points “slum,” but their presence adds new complexity to what is otherwise described as a down-and-out and dangerous neighborhood.
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