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Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Guidedtoursinsideatenementbuildinggiveaninsightintothecarefullyresearched
lives of one of three families who lived here; a German-Jewish clan in 1874, an or-
thodoxJewishfamilyfromLithuaniain1918,oraSicilianCatholicfamilyduringthe
Depression in the 1930s.
• 108 Orchard St
•
212 431 0233
• Tours: run regularly 10am-6pm daily (call ahead)
• Admission charge
Orchard Street
OrchardStreetbecameastreetofshopsin1940,
whenMayorFiorelloLaGuardiaoutlawedpush-
carts in the city. Many merchants still put some
of their wares on the sidewalk on Sundays and
lure customers with 20 to 30 percent off brand
names. The Lower East Side Visitor Center of-
fers free tour each Sunday between April and
December.
• Lower East Side Visitor Center, 261 Broome St
•
212 226 9010
• Open 9:30am-5:30pm daily (to 4pm Sat & Sun)
Orchard Street
