"Tenement Life"
Introduction As you learned in this chapter, millions of immigrants from Europe poured into American cities looking for a new life in a nation full of promise. After days aboard crowded steamships, passengers usually disembarked in New York Harbor. Many immigrants settled in the nation's cities, and most ended up residing in tenements-multi-family dwellings designed to accommodate the cities' surging populations. Tenements were the most affordable urban housing, and they offered many immigrants the chance to make a home in the city. This Web site tells the story of a tenement at 97 Orchard Street in New York City. Opened in 1864, 97 Orchard Street became home to over 7000 immigrants from 20 different countries.
Destination Title: The Lower East Side Tenement Museum
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