BANDITS’ ROOST, NYC | AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREETBANDITS’ ROOST, NYC | AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET Jacob Riis was born the third of fifteen children on May 3rd, 1849 in Denmark. He was a carpenter by trade when he headed to the United States in 1870. Like a lot of immigrant folks, he was unable to find work when he landed on New York’s hard-scrabble streets, and sought shelter wherever he could– often spending the night sleepin
