Photo credits

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Pexels and Magnific

Many photographs come from Pexels and are used under the Pexels license. Two photographs (the stained ceiling around an air vent and the torn plaster in a ceiling corner) are licensed from Magnific.

Wikimedia Commons

These pictures come from Wikimedia Commons. Each is shown cropped and resized, and some have been lightened.

Tall brick pre-war apartment buildings along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx under a blue sky: by Eden, Janine and Jim, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY 2.0 license.

Pre-war apartment buildings of tan and red brick lining the Grand Concourse in the Bronx: by MMZach, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

A long row of brownstone houses with high stoops on Prospect Place in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn: by Beyond My Ken, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Brownstone and white stone row houses with stoops on Prospect Place, Brooklyn: by Beyond My Ken, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A Park Place row house in Brooklyn, its stoop climbing past the garden-level windows under a tree: by Beyond My Ken, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A row of brownstone townhouses with stoops and bay windows in Brooklyn: by Beyond My Ken, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A tall pre-war apartment building of pale stone and brick on a sunny Manhattan corner: by Epicgenius, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A modern glass condominium building against a blue sky in New York: by Bangabandhu, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Red brick residential high-rise towers seen from below in Manhattan: by Rublov, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Three frame houses with peaked gables and front porches on a sunny street in Richmond Hill, Queens: by Tdorante10, file on Wikimedia Commons_099.jpg), under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A row of red brick walk-up apartment buildings with stoops on a New York street: by GK tramrunner RU, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A stained ceiling corner sagging and splitting where water soaked through it: file on Wikimedia Commons.jpg), in the public domain (U.S. Department of Agriculture).

The broken edge of a ceiling that gave way, the wet boards above showing through: file on Wikimedia Commons.jpg), in the public domain (U.S. Department of Agriculture).

A white ceiling marked with dark water spots and stains around a light fitting: by Gary Dee, file on Wikimedia Commons_at_44_Rue_Voltaire,_76600_Le_Havre,_France,_June_2015_(1769).jpg), under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A white dehumidifier running on the carpet of a bedroom: by Mjrmtg, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Water pumped out of a flooded basement gushing across the grass beside red brick apartment buildings: file on Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain (Sgt. Caleb Gomez).

A hand pressing a pin moisture meter against a board to read how wet it is: by Hrco, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A water line and stains across a wall under a ceiling opened to the joists: file on Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain (Liz Roll).

A moisture meter on a wood floor, its probe cable running to a white wall: by Asurnipal, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A brown water stain and peeling paint on a bathroom ceiling above a vanity light and a shower curtain: file on Wikimedia Commons.jpg), in the public domain (U.S. Department of Agriculture).

Condensation beading on the inside of a window pane: file on Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain (Doggo19292).

A tall pre-war apartment building of tan brick rising over a tree-lined Manhattan corner: by Kristeleismann, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A brown water ring spreading across a white ceiling along a cracked seam: file on Wikimedia Commons.jpg), in the public domain (U.S. Department of Agriculture).

Pre-war apartment buildings of carved stone and brick on West End Avenue in Manhattan: by Jim.henderson, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY 4.0 license.

A blue air mover set in the corner of a room, blowing along the base of the wall: by Ser Amantio di Nicolao, file on Wikimedia Commons, released under CC0.

A moisture meter and its probe set on a wood floor at the base of a wall: by Asurnipal, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Dark mold spots growing on a wall above a light switch after water got into it: file on Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain (FEMA).

A water-stained, spotted ceiling corner above a clothes rail in a closet: file on Wikimedia Commons.JPG), in the public domain (National Park Service).

Mold spotting spreading along the lower part of a white wall in an empty room: file on Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain (Liz Roll).

A moisture meter on a wood floor beside a wall, its cable running to a probe: by Asurnipal, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Dark mold spotting across a painted wall beside a light switch and an opened-up wall cavity: file on Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain (Liz Roll).

A water pipe and its fittings running through a tight space behind wooden boards: file on Wikimedia Commons.jpg), in the public domain (U.S. Department of Agriculture).

A blue portable dehumidifier on wheels standing on a floor: by Matelo2005, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Chairs stacked on a table above brown water standing across the floor of a room: file on Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).

A large Victorian house with a deep front porch behind trees in Westerleigh, Staten Island: by Andre Carrotflower, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

A two-story house with a front porch and a shingled gable on a Staten Island street: by Robert Haber, file on Wikimedia Commons, under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

Water stains and cracks running across a ceiling above a doorway: file on Wikimedia Commons.jpg), in the public domain (U.S. Department of Agriculture).

Dehumidifiers and drying equipment set out across a large room with the floor covering pulled up: file on Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain (Mark Wolfe).