tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post3340590947224905330..comments2024-03-28T18:20:55.824-04:00Comments on Mille Fiori Favoriti: The Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, NYPat @ Mille Fiori Favoritihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08922525910685129822noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-90074543095182238502009-03-16T01:17:00.000-04:002009-03-16T01:17:00.000-04:00My friend just bought me a shirt there for my birt...My friend just bought me a shirt there for my birthday -- "LES" in big letters (Lower East Side, and my initials, LOL!! :-)<BR/><BR/>It's amazing how hard our immigrant relatives worked and how quick we (many of us, at least) are to dismiss modern day immigrants chasing after that same "American Dream." And...I don't mean to make light of how difficult the living was -- BELIEVE me -- but the museum should have a look-see at my first apartment out of college: Fourth floor walk-up with only one space heater in the bedroom I shared with my roommate. And whatever other random "house guests" (I'm talking vermin here.). Hoo boy howdy, that place was awful!! And much like the railroad apartment that the museum is!Laura @ the shorehouse.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442672928319257413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-90627677076417020182009-03-13T09:03:00.000-04:002009-03-13T09:03:00.000-04:00OMG! I would love to visit that museum. I wish eve...OMG! I would love to visit that museum. I wish everyone could.<BR/><BR/>When I hear people complain about immigrants and migrant workers...I wish they could understand the kind of people that immigrants are. Like the Levine family...they will do what they have to and work so hard to make a better life. People who come to the US like that are made of strong stock. I really think that is a very big part of what has made the US such a strong country. We are descendants of people who would risk it all and work their hearts out for a better life. I think we all need to remember that! Kudos to museums like this one who preserve this important part of our history!<BR/>Thanks for sharing it Pat!Lisa's RetroStylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970342964643400163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-79719397119002323782009-03-13T00:00:00.000-04:002009-03-13T00:00:00.000-04:00The Tenement Museum is now on my list of places I ...The Tenement Museum is now on my list of places I want to visit. I would love seeing all that history.steviewrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14233066158555762167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-13063057531517986452009-03-12T19:39:00.000-04:002009-03-12T19:39:00.000-04:00What a fascinating place full of social history as...What a fascinating place full of social history as well as artifacts. Thanks for sharing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-61842686671784584542009-03-12T10:06:00.000-04:002009-03-12T10:06:00.000-04:00This is absolutely fascinating and a must see when...This is absolutely fascinating and a must see when I visit NYC again! I lived there for 10 years and am a native of New Jersey. Thank you so much for your visit and kind words. How lucky you are to be in the great city of New York!<BR/>All the best,<BR/>Catherineceeceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15962254736526651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-45133482987180907382009-03-12T08:53:00.000-04:002009-03-12T08:53:00.000-04:00Sad to say that I am from Long Island and have nev...Sad to say that I am from Long Island and have never been there yet. My parents are immigrants & came over from Italy and started their life here in Brooklyn. Today, Papa is 90 and Mamma is 84 and there's is nothing more pleasurable to me than to visit them, make a tremendous lunch spread, get the wine, put on some great Italian music and listen to their stories from the past. They're incredible stories from the war, the depression, to fox holes and from surviving concentration camps right to the day the Americans came to save them. They described the American soldiers flying above them and throwing candy throughout the village because of the war victory and war completion, leaving them to repair and begin their lives over again. It perplexes me that I did not even know this museum existed and now because of you, I have been exposed to some wonderful little treasure just an hour away from my home. I cannot wait for school Spring break so that I can take the children to this wonderful exhibit. Thanks for sharing part of my families heritage and experience. Ciao, RitaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16528513132559891464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-44899411493323465602009-03-12T07:02:00.000-04:002009-03-12T07:02:00.000-04:00What a time capsule! I would love to see this pla...What a time capsule! I would love to see this place! Thanks for the trip in the meantime, Pat! You take us to the best place--always learn so much :o) Happy Day ((HUGS))Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179096002434748927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-56697121572909030792009-03-12T05:00:00.000-04:002009-03-12T05:00:00.000-04:00Thanks again for another nice story. More to store...Thanks again for another nice story. More to store away till my visit to the Big Apple!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-76163188376483727962009-03-12T00:00:00.000-04:002009-03-12T00:00:00.000-04:00I wonder if one of my ancestors ever lived or stay...I wonder if one of my ancestors ever lived or stayed there...Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912030095491960175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-51220115197396530612009-03-11T21:30:00.000-04:002009-03-11T21:30:00.000-04:00Pat, I loved this history post! It is amazing at w...Pat, I loved this history post! It is amazing at what those families went thru to give their children a better future...great post my friend....thanks for coming by and I hope you are having a beautiful week in your history pack town!Pickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00988937069675602267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-7279854632776190382009-03-11T20:38:00.000-04:002009-03-11T20:38:00.000-04:00excellent pics! WSP is only half finished. Not sur...excellent pics! WSP is only half finished. Not sure why they are waiting to open the newly renovated half...thanks for visiting my blogKen Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-67385846336845196892009-03-11T20:18:00.000-04:002009-03-11T20:18:00.000-04:00Hi Pat- just a quick comment-I've just seen your c...Hi Pat- just a quick comment-<BR/>I've just seen your comments to me, and I have to tell you that I've made note about Grant St. Thanks!<BR/>Also, my oldest daughter was a freshman at American Un. in D.C. on 9/11. I went bananas of course (internally)as soon as a girlfriend asked how she was- I hadn't even known at that point that anything had happened down there. Thank goodness for the computer- I was online, and all of a sudden her screen name popped up. It was the first time we were ever on at the same time- and able to im each other. <BR/>'til tomorrow! Have a good night!supplies overflowing!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02701676503667687058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-55261783900341918212009-03-11T19:15:00.000-04:002009-03-11T19:15:00.000-04:00This is on my list of places to visit on my next t...This is on my list of places to visit on my next trip to NY. If I am not mistaken, it was the tenements that inspired a group called the Ethical Society to form the visiting nurses program and eventually legal aid societies. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing this interesting, though sometimes sad and unimaginable part of American history.Jojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843762553010099404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-23760100236091906842009-03-11T18:55:00.000-04:002009-03-11T18:55:00.000-04:00PatTwo weeks ago when we stayed in Manhattan for a...Pat<BR/><BR/>Two weeks ago when we stayed in Manhattan for a few days to visit my son at FIT we took this tour! I did not post about it since you were unable to take pics. You found great shots! We did the Moore tour of the Irish family. That tenement house was so run down I felt incredibly claustrophobic in it and I do not think you can visual how many families were in such a small space! The "backyard"--almost 10x10 was a place to play, defecate and do the wash...yikes! They told us 7,000 people went through the Moore apt. alone in a short period of time. They had it tough!! What a great post, so much to learn about how our forebears got here and all they had to put up with ( and I complain when my dishwasher isn't working!! Sorry Grandma O'Rourke!)<BR/><BR/>:0)<BR/>TaraTarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060366331794781160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-40722302504928631382009-03-11T18:45:00.000-04:002009-03-11T18:45:00.000-04:00325 square feet!! Can you even imagine that? What ...325 square feet!! Can you even imagine that? What an interesting site. Thanks so much, Pat, for making me aware of it. I hope to visit the museum some day.Arlene Dellorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077411606585700138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-38378345404389547992009-03-11T17:47:00.000-04:002009-03-11T17:47:00.000-04:00Oh Pat,something else now to put on my "places to ...Oh Pat,<BR/>something else now to put on my "places to go, and things to do" list! (I really have one!)<BR/>I just read a blurb today in my "the Artist's Magazine", about the Pierre Bonnard exhibit at The Met. It is there until April 19. That is also on my list as of today. Is the deli anywhere near the Tenement museum? I guess I will have to look at your previous post. Thanks for everything!<BR/>I can't believe that there are so many places I don't know about in NY, and I grew up in Bergen County, and started going into the city with a girlfriend on Saturdays, starting in the 6th grade, AND I even WORKED in NY!supplies overflowing!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02701676503667687058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-687390920858011712009-03-11T15:26:00.000-04:002009-03-11T15:26:00.000-04:00How awful about that vile milk! I'd never heard of...How awful about that vile milk! I'd never heard of that. The size of these apartments surprise me...they look pretty large.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-14020310769099817252009-03-11T15:02:00.000-04:002009-03-11T15:02:00.000-04:00Oh, thanks for a peek into another world! I adore ...Oh, thanks for a peek into another world! I adore old buildings, especially interested in the first half of the 1900s and people at that time.<BR/><BR/>Love your site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-28369865492607786342009-03-11T13:51:00.000-04:002009-03-11T13:51:00.000-04:00Fascinating! I would love to take a tour through t...Fascinating! I would love to take a tour through that building. Quite heart wrenching and eye opening. We live like queens and kings.aliceinparishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00015746940799403919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-728183924297724742009-03-11T12:29:00.000-04:002009-03-11T12:29:00.000-04:00Such harsh circumstances. I love history, Pat, and...Such harsh circumstances. I love history, Pat, and this is fascinating! I love house museums like this.<BR/><BR/>When you think about it, even the earliest immigrants faced some pretty grim dangers, too. During the earliest years of the Virginia Colony's settlement, the famine in Jamestown was so bad that people were boiling their shoes (and Bibles) and other things to get salt. The boats bringing supplies didn't arrive, and when they finally did, they were greeted by people who were basically stick figures. Many had already perished. The famine was caused by a draught that killed everything. Some historians basically felt that the colonists had nearly died out of starvation because of their lack of skill, but a lot of it had to do with the draught. <BR/><BR/>Many centuries later, they cut some trees that were ancient, and they found out that there was severe water deprivation based on a tree ring study. <BR/><BR/>History... it's the stuff of which life is truly made! :-)<BR/><BR/>XO,<BR/><BR/>Sheila... who loves your NYC history lessons!The Quintessential Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010105595059019883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-73271355051819300882009-03-11T11:46:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:46:00.000-04:00That should make us all very thankful for the exce...That should make us all very thankful for the excess we enjoy today! My family immigrated from Czechoslovakia at the turn of the last century. They settled in Chicago, but I imagine their living accomodations were very similar.Nolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233644555327847881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-55707110488349986432009-03-11T11:17:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:17:00.000-04:00I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the ...I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the lower east side. My father used to drive us through that area when we were kids and tell us tales of the neighborhood, although he was born and raised in Brooklyn. Funny enough, we just watched Gangs of New York this weekend (first time) which revived my interest in its history. Thanks for this post.<BR/>♥, Susanblack eyed susans kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214016311612642339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-75620683185804472832009-03-11T11:07:00.000-04:002009-03-11T11:07:00.000-04:00Oh my gosh....I want to see that so bad I can hard...Oh my gosh....I want to see that so bad I can hardly sit still. I had no idea something like that existed. Those people! That history! I'll be in DC in April. Hmmmm....that's closer than Arizona. Hmmmmm...............RoeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131723337404316867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742343364632742295.post-10451983276152551242009-03-11T10:28:00.000-04:002009-03-11T10:28:00.000-04:00nice history lesson, I enjoyed reading this....Bar...nice history lesson, I enjoyed reading this....BarbBarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15291929634822349553noreply@blogger.com