Bandit’s Roost (1888), by Jacob Riis, from “How the Other Half Lives.” Bandit’s Roost, at 59½ Mulberry Street (Mulberry Bend), was the most crime-ridden, dangerous part of all New York City. Mulberry Bend (ca. 1888), photo by Jacob Riis. “Five Points (and Mulberry Street), at one time was a neighborhood for the middle class. But [...]

Here’s an awesome clip of a group of people singing in unison to the Beatles’ classic hit, ‘Hey Jude’ in the Times Square subway station. It’s times like these that give me hope that humans aren’t so bad after all.