Topics covered: Tenement architecture, housing reforms, history of tenements, how laws and other social forces shaped the design of 97 Orchard St.

Synopsis: Architectural Historian Andrew Dolkart explores the architectural history of the tenement at 97 Orchard Street. He traces the various factors that shaped the initial design of the building, as well as how and why 97 Orchard was modified during its 70-year existence as a residence. Mr. Dolkart pays special attention to how housing reforms affected 97 Orchard Street.

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Topics covered: Housing reforms, health and housing standards for immigrants and the working class, light, ventilation and toilets for tenement buildings,

Synopsis: Architectural Historian Andrew Dolkart explores the historic Tenement House Act of 1901, which attempted to improve light, ventilation, and toilet facilities in New York's tenement buildings. Professor Dolkart explores the conception of and struggle to pass the act, as well as the ramications of this landmark legislation.

Topics covered: The history of 97 Orchard Street, its residents and related issues, including: the history and development of the Lower East Side, immigration history, services for immigrants and working class Americans, health care & social welfare and labor.

Synopsis: The Museum's Encyclopedia is a compedium of information 97 Orchard Street, immigration and the Lower East Side. Along with entries on the building's residents, immigration history and the Lower East Side, the Encyclopedia also details the relationship between immigrants and work, with special focus on the garment industry, public health and social welfare.

Topics covered: The construction of and modifcations made to 97 Orchard, history of home decoration esp. in 97 Orchard Street, socio-economic implications of home painting, , preservation-based research.

Synopsis: Conservators have analyzed hundreds of samples from the interior and exterior of 97 Orchard Street. Using these samples, the conservator's have revelead architectural and mechanical changes and modifications to the building and how the building's landlords and residents decorated their homes.

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Topics covered: Urban archaelogy, outhouse history, research and analysis of the tenement at 97 Orchard Street.

Synopsis: Professor Joan Geismar recounts the archaelogical excavation she conducted in the backyard of 97 Orchard Street. Her team found 319 artifacts in the courtyard, including the remnants of the building's privies, which Geismar analyzes in detail.

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