During the Great Depression, shanty towns, also known as "Hoovervilles," began to sprout up across the US. Named after President Herbert Hoover, they were made up of scraps of wood, tin, tar, and ...

In the early 1930s, New York City's Central Park was home to a small shanty town that residents experiencing homelessness built. The ramshackle town was a "Hooverville," named after Republican ...