New York City Travel: Tenement Museum, Manhattan Biking & Rockefeller Center
| My friend Linda had to leave early on Monday morning so I was by myself again to explore the city. In the late morning I had planned a visit to the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, a five-story brick tenement building that was built in 1863. The Tenement Museum promotes tolerance and knowledge about the immigrant experience, and it does so with tours of the various apartments that are located at 97 Orchard Street, with each apartment telling the unique story of an immigrant family. Guided by an enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable volunteer by the name of Daryl Hamilton, we really started to get an idea of the conditions of poverty, crime and poor hygiene that afflicted 19th century immigrants. The Moore family apartment illustrated the story of Irish immigrants who lived in this building for one year in 1869. Daryl impressed the whole crowd with his extensive knowledge of 19th century history as well as details about the Lower East Side neighbourhood and the construction details of mid 19th century tenements. After our hour-long tour, the audience was truly impressed and left with a much better idea of the harsh living conditions that these immigrants were faced with. At about 3 pm I got to use my Explorer Pass again, this time for a bicycle rental with Bike and Roll, a company that provides guided bicycle tours and rentals in various locations around New York City. I started riding southwards on the Hudson River Greenway, a paved recreational trail that is separated ... |
Duration: 00:00:58 Rating:  View: 0From: travelandtransitions Keywords: Travel, United States, New York, New York City, Big Apple, Upper West Side, Broadway, Times Square, Lower East Side, 97 Orchard Street, immigrant experience, Explorer Pass, bicycling, Bike and Roll, Battery Park City, Ground Zero, Museum of Jewish Heritag |
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