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Frances Xavier Cabrini
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Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Catholic Church. She was the first American to be recognized by the Catholic Church as a
Francesca Cabrini
Francesca Cabrini
Arluno, Italy, where Cabrini attended school (2014)
Arluno, Italy, where Cabrini attended school (2014)
Bishop Scalabrini
Bishop Scalabrini
Mother Cabrini meets Pope Leo XIII (1887). Fresco by Luigi Arzuffi, at the Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Caselle Landi, Glogowski
Mother Cabrini meets Pope Leo XIII (1887). Fresco by Luigi Arzuffi, at the Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Caselle Landi, Glogowski
Five Points, Manhattan
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Five Points was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The neighborhood, partly built on low-lying land that had filled in the freshwater lake known as the Collect Pond, was ge
Frances Xavier Cabrini
…residence for Cabrini and her entourage at their convent. After much delay, the Scalabrinian priests provided a rundown convent for the MSC sisters in the Five Points area of Manhattan. Soon after their arrival in the city, the MSC sisters started experiencing degrading, anti-Italian slurs and insults. Cabrini wrote…
Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot, 1889. Photo by Jacob Riis
Lodgers in Bayard Street Tenement, Five Cents a Spot, 1889. Photo by Jacob Riis
A 1798 watercolor of Collect Pond. Bayard's Mount, a 110-foot (34 m) hillock, is in the left foreground. Prior to being levelled around 1811 it was lo
A 1798 watercolor of Collect Pond. Bayard's Mount, a 110-foot (34 m) hillock, is in the left foreground. Prior to being levelled around 1811 it was located near the current intersection of Mott and Grand Streets.
Coulthard's Brewery (built c. 1792), converted to a tenement later known as "The Old Brewery" after the financial Panic of 1837 and resulting economic
Coulthard's Brewery (built c. 1792), converted to a tenement later known as "The Old Brewery" after the financial Panic of 1837 and resulting economic depression
Five Points streets intersection painted by George Catlin in 1827. Anthony Street veers off to the left, Orange Street is to the right, and Cross Stre
Five Points streets intersection painted by George Catlin in 1827. Anthony Street veers off to the left, Orange Street is to the right, and Cross Street runs left to right in the foreground. The dilapidated tenement buildings to the left of Anthony Street were torn down in 1832 as far back as Little Water Street, and the vacant, triangular lot that was left became known as "Paradise Square".