Albany, Schenectady, even Saratoga Springs, like cities throughout the Northeast were bulging and growing and filling up again. Newcomers had flocked here looking for jobs in factories and foundries, which bustled along the Hudson and Mohawk rivers and rail lines.
DIRECT LINK TO CLASS NOTES: Progress and Poverty in Urban America [1865 to 1898]The explosive growth of America’s large urban centers was accompanied by often disturbing changes, including the new immigrants, crowded slums, and conflicts over cultural values.
LINK TO ARTICLE: Capital District 1900
SOURCE CITATION: Mark McGuire (1999) "The region bulged at its 19th century seams." Albany Times Union. Available at https://bit.ly/3jZDki3
