Tenement Museum

Last night I began reading the first chapter of Away. As I mentioned before, the story begins on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 20s; a time when we all know the area was teeming with European immigrants willing to withstand harsh living conditions in the hope of manifesting a better future for their offspring. The main character finds herself sharing cramped quarters in a tenement. The images in the chapter reminded me that I've always wanted to visit the Tenement Museum and learn about the actual life histories of immigrants from this era. The museum occupies an old tenement building on the Lower East Side and is filled with artifacts that reconstruct the lives of the building's occupants. As visitors walk through the building they can read about the people who once called the tenement home. I'm thinking of getting a group together to visit the museum one Saturday afternoon in June.  Let me know if you want to join!