Housing

From Welcome to Chinatown NYC

When Chinese immigrants first moved to New York City, they segregated themselves from the rest of the city by clumping together in the Lower East Side. Living arrangements usually consisted of 5-15 people in a two room apartment. Buildings were divided into segments for more immigrants to move in, and they were called tenement houses. Because these buildings were so overcrowded, the living conditions of the Chinese immigrants suffered. Visit the [| Tenement Museum] website for more information.

Today, housing in Chinatown is still mainly century old tenement buildings. It is not uncommon to have bathrooms in the hallways that are shared by multiple apartments.

One of the main housing buildings is the Confucius Plaza, a federally subsidized housing project located on Bowery and Division St. The plaza has 44 stories and provides housing for thousands of residents in the Chinatown area. ^[1]

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References

1. ↑ The History of New York's Chinatown. Web. http://www.ny.com/articles/chinatown.html