Iehs: Katherine S. Carper, "The Immigrant Waterfront"

This article focuses on the "Water Street Revival," a short-lived (July-October 1868) religious reform effort, which began after journalist Oliver Dyer published a "Packard's Monthly" article identifying John Allen, the owner of a sailor's dance-house and brothel, as the "Wickedest Man in New York." Media attention and religious conversions of Allen and other prominent Water Street brothel owners, prompted reform efforts in an otherwise neglected waterfront immigrant community.