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Biography of a Tenement House in New York City : An Architectural History of 97 Orchard Street / Andrew S. Dolkart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dolkart, Andrew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 97 Orchard Street (New York, N.Y.)--History.
- 97 Orchard Street (New York, N.Y.).
- Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Tenement houses.
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.).
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (128 pages)
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- "In this volume, Andrew Dolkart documents, analyzes, and interprets the architectural and social history of 97 Orchard Street from its construction to its current use as a museum offering a lasting tribute to the legacy of immigrants and their children. This third edition updates the history of New York's tenements by adding the story of an African American waiter, Joseph Moore, who lived with his wife and stepdaughter on Laurens Street, now recounted in an exhibition entitled "A Union of Hope." With this added material, this volume provides a more fully realized account of the neighborhood, the city, and the range of residents whose stories are woven into the nation's history"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Early development on the Lower East Side
- The tenement and its inhabitants
- Design and construction of 97 Orchard Street
- New tenement laws and the changing character of the Lower East Side and its tenements
- The 1901 Tenement House Act and the Tenement House Department
- The changing character of the Lower East Side in the early twentieth century
- Creating the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Dolkart, Andrew S. Biography of a Tenement House in New York City
- ISBN:
- 9780813953250
- OCLC:
- 1517961795
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