The tenement is located in what is current day Chinatown but the area has undergone many different changes since its beginning. The Dutch West Indies Company first settled this area in 1620. The company found the land to be a three hundred acre farm. About two hundred year

Immigrants from all over began to make their way to the Lower Eastside to start their new lives. There were two major migrations through the late 19th century into the early 20th century. The well-known reasons for these migrations were the economic benefits and the religious freedom that the area possessed. The first migration took place through 1850-1880's by a middle class German population. This is when the area received its first name, when it was known as "Little Germany". The second migration, 1880-1920's, was by Eastern European Jews. Shortly after this period the tenements were closed down, never to be re-opened again. Through the years of 1863-1935 there had been over seven thousand people living in these tenements, from ove

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