When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in 1890, New York City’s Lower East Side was the epicenter of American tenement life. At one point, almost three hundred thousand people were ...

New York City serves as a stage for much of rock ... S ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATIONS It’s a gritty six-story one-time tenement at 96-98 St. Mark’s Place in the now trendy East Village ...

The Tenement Museum in New York City offers visitors a unique opportunity to step back in time and experience what life was like for immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Speaking to IrishCentral in 2020, Dave Favalora, Director of the New York Tenement Museum, said that the Orchard Street building consisted of 22 apartments holding 22 large families.In total, as ...

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Amazing photo collection released for new exhibit on documentary photography at the Jewish Museum in Manhattan 'The Radical Camera: New York's Photo League, 1936-1951' captures daily life of ...