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The Tenement Housing of Washington D.C. Alleys

Published April 1, 2015

Take a look back at what Washington D.C. alleys used to look like when they were filled with tenement housing. Learn more about this piece of history here!

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Any idea where this photo was taken? Our alleys no longer look like this, but at one point, many people used to live in D.C. alleys. This was tenement housing in Washington.

Washington tenements, Nov. 1935.

Source: Shorpy

Posted in Faces & Places of Yesterday
and tagged 1930s

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