My friend Lynne, who is also a genealogist, was in town this weekend, and we went into New York to see the exhibit at the Tenement Museum on Orchard Street. Unbelievable, just unbelievable. Families of six, seven, eight people and more in tenement flats that offered exactly 325 square feet of living space, no running water, no central heat, no electricity… amazing.
Then we took the walking tour of the district that the Museum offers. We learned some history, we had some fun, we thoroughly enjoyed Katie, the tour guide, and I for one thoroughly enjoyed the street art.
Street art