Apartment Living in ParisThis drawing shows a typical layout for a European city apartment building in about 1850. (Bibliothèque nationale de France)> PICTURING THE PASTANALYZING THE IMAGE: Describe the inhabitants of each floor. How do the economic conditions of the tenants differ from le premier étage (the equivalent of the American second floor) to the garret apartments on the top floor?
CONNECTIONS: What does this drawing suggest about urban life in the nineteenth century? How might a sketch of a modern, urban American apartment building differ in terms of the types of people who reside in a single building?
CONNECTIONS: What does this drawing suggest about urban life in the nineteenth century? How might a sketch of a modern, urban American apartment building differ in terms of the types of people who reside in a single building?