Others Just Used it as a Stopover
While some residents took care to decorate their tenement unit and create a home, others used it as a bare bones living space, with little consideration for decoration or creating a welcoming space. This unit shows the meager living quarters of its occupant. Unmade beds, some cookware on a grimy stove, chairs strewn about in no discernible
manner, a washtub laid haphazardly on top of a cabinet. A covering sags over the window. It is difficult to see behind that curtain, but the photo indicates that natural light and air are mostly blocked from the unit, despite the large window and transom over the door. There is little evidence that the resident was trying to make this space a home.
