By 1840, the area of Nova Scotia Gardens had degenerated into a notorious slum.
In Victorian Britain of the 1880s, the Old Nichol was London's most notorious slum.
By 1840, the area had degenerated into a notorious slum.
Later in the 19th century the Saltmarket became a notorious slum, with many illicit bars.
Sadegh was Savak's general, in charge of the notorious slums that made up the southern part of the city.
The land just to the east later became the Five Points district, a notorious, swampy slum.
He thought it worse than the notorious slums of Bombay.
The goal then and for years thereafter was to replace the notorious slums of the late 19th century with decent housing in pleasant surroundings.
His commitment to El Romerillo, one of Havana's most notorious slums, extends beyond artistic interest.
This takes you through a rather dreary, still-unreconstructed stretch of Gorbals, Glasgow's notorious slum that has been much cleaned up in recent decades.