Introduction
The lower east side museum is located on orchard street in New York City. Lower east side museum offers a great opportunity to visit the New York City tenement. Apart from this, the museum is the New York City tenement building. The museum offers a chance for visitors to come to terms with the history of their land and its civilization. This paper is about a visit which I conducted to the lower Eastside museum. Through this paper, I will describe my experience at the lower east side museum. I will endeavor to describe the essence of the visit about my findings during this awesome experience. The paper will also include the significance of the visit as far as the history of America and New York City is concerned. The paper will also include the description of the surroundings of the museum and their relationship to the whole essence of the place. I will also link my visit to the museum with the readings which have been recommended for this assignment.
Lower East Side Museum
During my visit to the lower east side museum, I was privileged to see various things that fulfilled my purpose for the visit. First and foremost, I was taken around the New York City tenement building. Under normal circumstances, visitors are only taken around the building by tour guides. This is a very historic site and it means a lot to have a chance to see the place. I came to learn that many visitors visit this place daily. Throughout the visit, I managed to access the place which was home to the 7000 people who originated from over 20 countries. The place was their home between the period between 1863 and 1935. The building is five-story and s made of bricks, it is historical and there is a lot of historical information in the building. The most outstanding aspect of the building is that the museum was predominantly made to cater to historical aspects of immigration. The essence was the enhancement of tolerance and understanding of immigration. I saw restored apartments which have been put there to symbolize the lives and experiences of immigrants. The immigrants are said to have inhabited this place during the period between 1869 and 1935. This has a lot of significance to the history of America. The aspect of immigration is of great relevance to the history of American society.
Surrounding Neighborhood
The lower east side museum is found on the lower east side of Manhattan in New York City. The surrounding environment is filled with trendy avenues like bars boutiques, cafes, pop-up shops, and restaurants. This is an enjoyable place to be. Most of these trendy arenas were constructed in the early 2000s. However, they remain and serve a great purpose in taking the place exciting. The environment is so attractive to the exited that before you visit the real museum you already have a feeling of excitement. I had a lot of fun during my visit, I liked the environment. The museum can be traced from the east to East River Park. It borders the north via Houston street and the south via canal street and east broadway. Apart from this the neighboring environment also has several facilities necessary for several uses. There are apartments and properties to let and utility. Most of these buildings have been renovated for purposes that go beyond their use. Their design represents the lifestyle and culture of the immigrants who occupied the place in the years prior. Several schools operate in the neighborhood. These are necessary for education but also have a lot of relevance to history.
Significance
What I saw at the east side museum has a lot of relevance to the history of America. As much as the museum is located in New York City and depicts the history of the events that took place in the city, its significance and relevance go beyond the city and its civilization. The museum is all about the immigrant who occupied the location in the previous years. The tenement building was built to represent the settlement of immigrants in the 97 Orchard streets between the years 1869-1935. The museum has a lot of restored apartments and other forms of construction and these depict the culture, living, and experiences of immigrants. A look at the facility of the tour in the museum reveals an entire phenomenon of American history. The various records and documentation found in the museum are elaborate and appropriate for the acquisition of knowledge about the history of America.
Connection with Reading
The reading entitled the origin of the sweatshop: women and early industrialization in New York City has a lot of relevance to the lower east side museum. This is with special relevance to my visit and experience at the museum. The reading explores the history of New York City. In this writing, the authors describe New York City as an early manufacturing center in America. Accordingly in the period between 1820-1860, New York City had become a major center not only in trade but in the history of American society. My experience at the lower east side museum confirmed the contents of these assertions. New York City has a lot of relevance to the history of the country. The aspect of immigration has a lot of relevance to the origin development and civilization of American society. The readings are therefore of great significance to the essence of the museum which was the main reason for my visit to the place. The lower east side museum is all about immigration in America which took place in New York.
References
- Davis, Kenneth. Don’t Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History But Never Learned. New York: Paw Prints, 2008.
- Lacuyer, Christopher. Making Silicon Valley. “Innovation and the Growth of High Tech”. New York: New York University Press, 2005.
- Ward, Condace. New York City Museum Guide: Second, Revised. Washington: Courier Dover Publications, 2000.