After more than four years, the "Notes from the Tenement" blog has moved! Please visit us at http://www.tenement.org/blog/  for th...

The historic shops at 97 Orchard Street were busy places, crammed full of people and goods. To recreate these environments for our "Sho...

Summer might bring great weather and shorter work hours, but it can be pretty rough on our bodies. Despite modern medicine and simple solut...

It's been exactly two months since we posted our last update on the "Shop Life" exhibit, and things are moving along quickly! ...

This post explores the legislation behind the design of tenement houses, and how changes in regulations can be seen at 97 Orchard Street. Th...

Like generations of New Yorkers and tourists before me, I made my annual summer pilgrimage to the Coney Island Boardwalk two weeks ago to ea...

Humans of New York , a self-proclaimed “photographic census of New York City”, has become a social media sensation over the past few months....