Tenement Museum

Tenement Museum

Tenement Tour

I was really disappointed that I didn't have time to go to this museum when I was in New York last year.

Something really strikes me about this building is the detail in the architecture. I think it really speaks to the quality of work at that time compared to what people are used to now. The people living in these apartments didn't have much but the land lords and architects still cared enough to want to make the buildings as nice as possible. When I think of comparable modern apartment buildings I don't think of spaces with carved mahogany banisters and hand painted murals; I think of rooms that just look like boxes that may of may not be level and square.