OFF THE BEAT

the lower east side

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Thousands of poor immigrants settled in Manhattan’s gritty lower east side around the turn of the 20th century, carving out lives for themselves by doing anything to make a living.

Above, Sara Roosevelt park cuts through a large part of the neighborhood, intersecting Broome Street that was home to several tenements buildings of the time.

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1. NYC is an amazing city……my second favorite in the world second to Dublin.

   

   Jim Frain

   07/12/2010 at 6:24 am

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   • Never been. Someday perhaps.

     

     joelcurrier

     07/22/2010 at 2:19 pm

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2. There’s a tenement museum down there somewhere that is supposed to be pretty cool…

   

   Greg Jonsson

   07/14/2010 at 6:24 pm

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   • http://www.tenement.org/

     

     Greg Jonsson

     07/14/2010 at 6:25 pm

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