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==Memorials== [[File:Jacob Riis.jpg|thumb|Bust of Jacob A. Riis in Ribe, Denmark]] *[[Jacob Riis Park]], located on the [[Rockaway, Queens|Rockaway Peninsula]] in [[Queens, N.Y.|Queens]]; part of the [[Gateway National Recreation Area]] of [[New York City]] and [[New Jersey]].<ref>Jacob Riis Park, National Park Service. Last Updated March 17, 2021.https://www.nps.gov/gate/learn/historyculture/jacob-riis-park.htm. Retrieved March 17, 2021.</ref><ref>https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/gate/jacob_riis_hsr.pdf. Page 39.</ref> Designated [[Jacob Riis Park Historic District]] on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. *Jacob Riis Triangle, at Babbage and 116 Streets, 85 Ave,<ref>"[http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/Q142/ Jacob Riis Playground]", New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, n.d. Retrieved August 13, 2009.</ref> [[Richmond Hill, Queens|Richmond Hill]], [[Queens]]<ref>"[http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=8280 Jacob Riis Triangle]", New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, 2001. Retrieved August 13, 2009.</ref> *P.S. 126 The Jacob Riis Community School, on Catherine Street in New York City, is a public PK-5 school<ref>"[http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fso=41&page=2 P.S. 126 The Jacob Riis Community School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108211949/http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fso=41&page=2 |date=8 January 2009 }}". Insideschools.org. Retrieved August 11, 2009.</ref> *From 1915 until 2002, Jacob Riis Public School on South Throop Street in Chicago was a high school operated by the Chicago School Board.<ref>"[http://www.preservationchicago.org/chicago7/2005/jacobriis.html Jacob Riis Public School] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207060835/http://www.preservationchicago.org/chicago7/2005/jacobriis.html |date=7 February 2009 }}", [[Preservation Chicago]]. Retrieved August 11, 2009.</ref> *Jacob Riis Settlement House, a multi-service community-based organization, is in the [[Queensbridge, Queens|Queensbridge Houses]], in [[Long Island City, Queens|Long Island City]], Queens, NY.<ref>"[http://www.riissettlement.org/index2.htm The History of Settlement Houses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924094532/http://www.riissettlement.org/index2.htm |date=24 September 2009 }}" at www.riissettlement.org. Retrieved August 11, 2009.</ref> *[[Riis Houses|Jacob Riis Houses]] of [[New York City Housing Authority|NYCHA]] at [[Avenue D (Manhattan)]] *[[Riis Park (Chicago)|Riis Park]] is on [[Chicago's Northwest Side]] in the [[Belmont Cragin, Chicago|Belmont-Cragin]] neighborhood. Within the park is a large stone dedicated in his honor in 1929 by the 21st Danish National Committee of Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacob A. Riis Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=246030 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> *[http://www.jacobariismuseum.dk/ Jacob A. Riis Museum], Ribe, Denmark. * Statue of Jacob A. Riis, Ribe, Denmark. * Jacob A. Riis High School, all boys school in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="Calisphere 2022">{{cite web | title=Jacob A. Riis High School | website=Calisphere | date=December 16, 2022 | url=https://calisphere.org/item/e771c13a3f8f0af252cab2d7ed0445b6/ | access-date=December 16, 2022}}</ref> Opened in 1928, renamed in 1965.<ref>{{cite web | title=Jacob Riis Boys School, Los Angeles Dodd & Richards, Architects β January 1928 | website=Architectural Digest | date=January 1, 1928 | url=https://archive.architecturaldigest.com/article/1928/1/jacob-riis-boys-school-los-angeles-dodd-richards-architects | access-date=December 16, 2022}}</ref>
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