The New York Review of Books·2026-10-29 20:00· 4 d agoFeaturedRecommendation84.40

Hull House on the Hudson

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Mary K. Simkhovitch, the founder of Greenwich House, believed in the radical idea that housing should be made as livable for the working class as it was for the middle class.

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