Site of the Day for Tuesday, December 10, 2002 Lower East Side Tenement Museum Feeling a bit cramped for space? Contemplating renovations? The List presents a website from the Public Broadcasting System station in New York, a remarkable online exhibition of the Tenement Museum on 97 Orchard Street in Manhattan. Some Gentle Members may consider cancelling the builders after a tour of this fascinating presentation. "The Tenement Museum located the perfect building in which to reveal the history of tenement life on the Lower East Side [of New York City]. . . .[S]ealed from change since 1935, it stands as a monument to America's urban poor, to the architects and owners who designed and built their housing, and to the reformers who fought to improve it. . . 97 Orchard Street is as authentic as a tenement can get, right down to the impossibly cramped but still useable water closet in the hall next to the exhibition space. . . " "Over ten thousand people lived at 97 Orchard Street between the years 1870 and 1915. . . Click through the thirteen layers of wallpaper that were peeled off of just one wall. Click on the different floorboards to find objects that were discovered in the renovated tenement building. . . Visit two apartments as they appeared at 97 Orchard St. in the 1870's and 1930's, using navigable QuickTime VR panoramas." - from the website The site includes a riveting historical account of the development and changes in tenement laws over the years, while the other sections with more graphical elements include the Urban Log Cabin, Excavation and Virtual Reality. Prowl to the website for a gripping presentation of one aspect of the immigrant experience at: http://www.thirteen.org/tenement/ A.M. Holm <admin-sotd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Manage your subscription and view the List archives on the web at: <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/webpage?webpage_id=sotd> and <//www.freelists.org/archives/sotd> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNSUBSCRIBE by sending a blank email to sotd-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the Subject field.