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The Tenement Museum, located in the Lower East Side, is a complete renovation of 97 Orchard Street, a tenement apartment building. The museum depicts the life of early immigrants in tenement housing at the turn of century in New York City. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Tenement Museum, located in the Lower East Side, is a complete renovation of 97 Orchard Street, a tenement apartment building. The museum depicts the life of early immigrants in tenement housing at the turn of century in New York City. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Corbis via Getty Images)