The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a window into the past, walking us through life as it was for more than 7,000 immigrants in the years between 1863 and 1935. They came from more than 20 nations ...

Mabel Hyde Kittredge, activist and founder of the hot lunch program for public schools in New York, was the Martha Stewart of tenement living. She championed the cause of domestic science for the ...

When we first heard about the Park Slope parents so dedicated to staying in their one-bedroom with their three children that they had custom bunk beds built, we were plenty ready to file this under ...

Editors’ Note: This post originally ran in 2010 and has been updated. You can read the original post here. The Lower East Side Tenement Museum is a unique and authentic look at life on the Lower East ...

In New York City, rapid growth and the imposition of the New York City street grid both played major roles in the look, density, and availability of housing for New Yorkers. Tenements originated from ...

IN a Stanton Street tenement, the other day, I stumbled upon a Polish capmaker’s home. There were other capmakers in the house, Russian and Polish, but they simply “lived” there. This one had a home.

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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 ...

tenement close, the rear-view mirror of historic recollection always has a rosy tint to it. It's a staple of Scottish urban folklore, for instance, that no close door was ever locked against a ...