Tag: Tenement Museum

Tales of a Tenement: Three Families Under One Roof

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date December 8, 2017
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The living room in Romanita Saez's apartment. Photo: The Tenement Museum

In today’s show, we’ll continue to explore housing in New York, but move far from the mansions of Fifth Avenue to the tenements of the Lower East Side in the 20th Century. Specifically, we’ll be visiting one building, 103 Orchard Street, which is today part of the Tenement Museum. The Bowery Boys: New York City… Read More

Tags 20th Century, Lower East Side, Podcasts, Tenement Museum

Neighborhoods Podcasts

The Grand Tale of Orchard Street and Life on the Lower East Side

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date May 29, 2015
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Courtesy Museum of the City of New York

PODCAST The Lower East Side is one of the most important neighborhoods in America with a rich history as dense as its former living quarters. Thousands of immigrants experienced American life on these many crowded streets. In this podcast, we look at this extraordinary cultural phenomenon through the lens of one of those — Orchard… Read More

Tags Delancey Street, Jewish New York, Lower East Side, Orchard Street, Podcasts, pushcarts, Tenement Museum, tenements