108 Orchard Street
New York, New York 10002

This "living history" apartment is based on the Sephardic-Jewish Confino family from Kastoria, (once part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece). A costumed interpreter plays teenage Victoria Confino c. 1916. She welcomes visitors as though they were newly arrived immigrants, teaching them how to adapt to America. The Confino apartment is a hands-on experience: visitors can touch any items in the apartment, try on period clothing and fox trot to music played on an authentic wind-up Victrola. Please note that this tour is 1 hour long and suitable for children 5 years and older.

Official Website: http://www.tenement.org/tours.html#confino

Added by brianegge on July 11, 2006

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