Under One Roof Tour Tenement

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Under one roof tour tenement.

Discover stories of lower east side arrivals who lived at 103 orchard street in the 1950s through the 1980s and worked in the neighborhood s garment industry. The following spaces programs are air conditioned. We took the under one roof tour. The under one roof guided tour at 103 orchard street shares the stories of newer families who came to the lower east side after world war ii seeking a new chapter in their lives.

We did the under one roof tour with nicole. Gabrielle spear 27 a guide at the tenement museum asked her group of visitors in the under one roof tour which displays the lives of three families from germany puerto rico and china who. This tour carries the immigration story into the present with the experiences of newcomers who settled on the lower east side after world war ii. These contemporary stories of migration reveal an evolving american identity and explore how neighbors lived alongside one another in a mixed neighborhood like the lower east side.

The apartments they grew up in between the 1950s and 1970s have been recreated as the newest exhibit in the tenement museum called under one roof it confronts the fact that immigration is and. We were able to see and experience the way immigrants lived after wwi by visiting an apartment that 3 families inhabited at different times. February 18 2019 closing date. We encourage visitors to reserve tickets in advance as tickets regularly sell out.

Each tour is lead by a historian story teller. Came for one tour and stayed for two i visited the tenement museum many years ago but this time was like a whole new experience. Virtually visit the homes of bella epstein whose parents built a new life on the lower east side after the holocaust jose and andy velez whose mother left puerto rico for garment work and the wong siblings whose stories of their mother and other. All storyteller s society members are invited to a special virtual tour of under one roof.

We were also able to see a small simulation of a garment factory. Go behind the scenes at the tenement museum for an in depth architectural experience. Our tour guide was fabulous. In 2018 the museum introduced under one roof its first tour to focus on post.

The apartments are set up as those that lived there in various time periods. Due to timing we chose the under the same roof tour which features 3 families from the 1960 70 s and 80 s that lived in the very apartment you tour. We signed up for the tour of three different families living in the tenement apartment in the 50 s 60 s and 70 s and finishing up with the replica of a garment factory.