Air, light, affordability and profitability were all part of Victorian civic reformer Alfred Tredway White’s vision of housing for the working poor. In 1879 he undertook his second major housing ...

The Tenement Museum undertook extensive research for its interactive exhibit. For years, The Tenement Museum in New York City's Lower East Side has become a living monument to the stories of 19th and ...

If you've ever wanted to know how your great-grandparents were made, the Tenement Museum is offering a series of tours diving into just exactly how all that baby-making and baby-having worked back in ...

The majority of New York City's population in the 19th Century lived in sub-standard conditions as vulnerable and low-income populations were housed in cramped and dangerous tenements. New York didn't ...

For centuries, differing perspectives on housing density have shaped and reshaped New York City. In a new exhibition at the Skyscraper Museum, Housing Density: From Tenements to Towers, visitors can ...

(RNS) — The series aims to help visitors understand religious traditions and holidays as practiced by 19th- and 20th-century immigrants. NEW YORK (RNS) — The Tenement Museum in Manhattan’s Lower East ...

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. A tourist ...

A Russian fortune teller, a German saloon owner, and an Irish family of ten are just a few former residents of 97 Orchard Street. Built in 1863, the Orchard Street tenement was home to generations of ...

An unrestored wall of the Tenement Museum where layers of wallpaper have peeled away (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) Photography is strictly prohibited in the apartments of the ...

The Tenement Museum in Manhattan’s Lower East Side kicked off a “Lived Religion” series on Sept. 22 by immersing visitors into the High Holidays celebrations and shared apartments of 20th-century ...