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We hope you are as excited to see the final product as we are!
Showing posts with label construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label construction. Show all posts
Friday, August 13, 2010
Under Construction
Curious what’s going on behind our construction shed at the corner of Orchard and Delancey? Take a look inside:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Groundbreaking at Visitors & Education Center
We're so pleased to have formally started construction on the Tenement Museum's new visitors and education center, the Sadie Samuelson Levy Immigrant Heritage Center.
This Center marks a huge step forward for the Museum, allowing us to provide new classrooms for our school groups, an enlarged gathering space for public visitors, a demonstration kitchen, and a larger museum shop. Furthermore, we'll be out of a rental space and into our own building for the first time. That means our visitors and education center should remain at 103 Orchard Street for a long time to come. We couldn't be more excited to start the next chapter.
At the groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday, we were joined by members of the Leon Levy family, who were representing his Foundation; the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs; Museum trustees; and Borough President Scott Stringer. The speakers made remarks about how meaningful our immigration culture and heritage are to New York City. We look forward to having everyone back at our opening ceremonies this fall!
This Center marks a huge step forward for the Museum, allowing us to provide new classrooms for our school groups, an enlarged gathering space for public visitors, a demonstration kitchen, and a larger museum shop. Furthermore, we'll be out of a rental space and into our own building for the first time. That means our visitors and education center should remain at 103 Orchard Street for a long time to come. We couldn't be more excited to start the next chapter.
At the groundbreaking ceremony last Thursday, we were joined by members of the Leon Levy family, who were representing his Foundation; the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs; Museum trustees; and Borough President Scott Stringer. The speakers made remarks about how meaningful our immigration culture and heritage are to New York City. We look forward to having everyone back at our opening ceremonies this fall!
Breaking ground (or wall).
The Borough President makes remarks.
Museum co-founder, trustees, and staff.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Rear Yard Update - Paving Stones To Be Installed
In order to recreate the yard behind 97 Orchard, we've had to import some items - like the water hydrant staff member Melissa Cabarcas began installing last week. But other elements were part of the privy and laundry area's original fabric. While excavating the yard in the early 1990s, archeologist Joan Geismar dug up some historic paving stones (among a number of interesting trinkets, like shards of ceramic place settings and containers). We're laying them out in the yard to get a sense of how much space they cover, and how much new stone will be needed to fill any gaps.
-posted by Liana Grey
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