Example of an tenement Apartment " An opening for a job and housing in the United States is available for you. Your job will be an unskilled worker. You must start to learn and speak English now. Your destination in the U.S.A. will be 257 East 10th Street, New York. This opportunity has been made possible to you by the combined efforts of the Protestant and Orthodox Church in America." A letter written to my parents from the Church World Service on June 5,1951. At the time my parents received this letter we were living in a DP camp Larger Kurhessen Kaserne in Hann Munden Germany. From here we were sent to Camp Wentorf , a regional Resettlement Processing Center and the last camp we lived in before we came to America. WW II in Europe had come to an end in 1945 and an estimated 7 to 11 million displaced persons were still living in Europe. President Harry S. Truman called upon Congress to enact legislation that would allow some of the wartime refugees to enter the United States, thus became the Displaced Persons Act. The Act stipulated that only applicants who have been in resettlement camps would be eligible for American visas. The Act also insisted that all applicants must present guarantees by sponsors that housing and jobs would be waiting for them. Refugees admitted to the United States were also aided by voluntary social service agencies, accredited by the Displaced Person Commission. Most of these agencies were created by religious and ethnic groups. Among some of the relief organizations was the Church World Service , who sponsored my parents. By the end of 1952 more than 400,000 displaced persons were admitted to America. More than 70% were refugees from Eastern Europe. Many arrived on the shores of America with hope in their hearts and determination to make a better life for themselves and their children. My parents had a hard time as newcomers to America, it's not easy to start a new life in an unfamiliar country. Most immigrants had to learn a new language and a new way of life. Jobs were often hard and mostly unskilled labor with low wages. Many moved into their own poor neighborhoods where they lived in crowded tenements. My family , father, mother, three brothers and I came to America on November 11, 1951 . I don't remember the trip over since I was only two and half years old, my older brother has a good memory of the day we arrived. What I do remember is our first home in America on East 10th Street on the lower East side of New York. The apartment was a small four room railroad flat on the second floor. It had a small kitchen with a bathtub , one toilet with a overhead wooden tank and a pull chain to flush the toilet , a so call living room and two small bedrooms. We had very little furniture, a couple of beds, a crib, and a sofa. My parents life long possessions was one trunk that they brought over from Germany.We had a icebox that required blocks of ice to keep it chilled. I loved when the ice man would show up , he always gave me a chip of ice , I pretented it was ice cream. My mother washed the clothes in the bathtub by hand using a wash board and hung the clothes out the kitchen window on a clothes line. To invite someone over you had to be creative, because of little money, food was scarce and lack of appiliances. The children played on the paved streets and people hung out on front stoops or fire escapes. The neighborhood felt safe, parents really did not worry about their children playing on the streets, there was always an adult keeping an eye on them. I was one of those kids, it gave me street sense and grew up faster than most pampered kids. You were lucky if you lived on the lower floors , they were walkups and no elevators. I remember going to the basement and watching my mother shoveling coal into the furnace of the building in order to get a discount on the rent. For over 150 years the Lower East Side of New York has been a haven for immigrants seeking a better life. Later many families improved the living conditions by moving from the Lower East Side to other areas. My parents moved to Greenpoint Brooklyn, a Polish community that still exsits today. There is now a museum on Orchard Street, New York, called the Tenement Muesum, the lower East Side of New York will always be known for it's historical immagration.
Behr Norwegian Blue is a deep blue gray that pairs well with your creams, whites, mustards, grays, and lighter blues. Check out my secrets for how to best use this color in your home makeover projects.
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We did an inspiration mini holiday with my friend Nicole (from The Secret Souk & Nicxxx Design) to Venice and to this old former mill near in Treviso, Italy. Nicole was went at this Locanda Rosa Rosae already once few years ago for weddings so she wanted to show me this amazing B&B place where we stayed one night. It was incredible amazing experience. All details, combination of all old and some really modern makes of it really soulful. No need to tell that Elisabetta's (who mainly run Rosa Rosae B&B) husband Silvio is an Architect and they created this place and live there too. Their apartment is on the Attic space and if you are lucky to get to your hands newest (Nr 15 luglio, agosto 2016) an Italian QUIN magazine, their amazing home is featured there. I bought this magazine on the road before we arrived and when I get into the bedroom, I said "Hey I'm seen this room just somewhere for sure!" and I recognised that it was the magazine what I was read on the train. So cool "accident" which makes our visit more special kind of.
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Poul Henningsen's classic PH5 lamp is perhaps the most recognized symbol of modern Danish design. This modern pendant light is produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark. The PH 5 (1958) is uniquely designed to provide glare free illumination. The design of the visible reflectors ensures that light is directed both vertically and horizontally. Light is diffused through a sandblasted glass shield located in the lower shade. All of the PH5 lamps have a matte powder coated finish. Blue anti-glare disc for Classic and Hues of Orange. Green anti-glare disc for Hues of Red and Hues of Rose. Red anti-glare disc for Hues of Green and Hues of Blue. Rose anti-glare disc for Hues of Grey and Modern White.
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This is modeled after a plan on Ana's website, with some changes: http://ana-white.com/2009/12/plans-grocery-store-base-for-graces.html SHOPPING LIST: (You may have some of these pieces on-hand as SCRAP) 2 - 1x6@ 11.75" (for sides of grocery) **the sides will be sawed to an angle on one end** 2 - 1x6@ 10.5" (for shelves) 1 - 1x4@ 13" (For top of grocery) 2 - [email protected]" (for bottom front and back toe kick) 1 - acrylic @ 6.5"x11.75" (for bottom front "glass" on grocery) 1 - acrylic @ 4.5"x11.75" (for top front "glass" on grocery) Air nailer / 1.5" Nails drill / 1" screws (for screwing on acrylic to front of grocery) small drill bit to pre-drill screw holes square tape measure / pencil small hand saw 120 Grit sand paper wood putty to fill holes and knots Paint or stain to finish your piece (if desired) INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Cut out all of your pieces of wood to the sizes specified in the shopping list. 2. Mark your grocery SIDES where you want your shelves to be placed: ***my shelves are placed at Lower Shelf: .75" from bottom of grocery side to bottom of lower shelf Middle Shelf: 6" from bottom of grocery side to bottom of middle shelf (I then added the measurements of the top shelf to the "top" of the grocery sides, and then drew a line from that measurement to the top of the middle shelf, creating the angle to cut.) 3. Nail on your bottom and middle shelves. 4. Nail on your toe kicks to the front and back of your grocery. (I nailed my 1x2 toe kicks on their sides instead of standing up as in other plans.) This is what it looks like from the bottom: 5. Nail on your top shelf, making sure that the shelf is centered on the grocery sides: 6. Fill all nail holes with wood putty and let dry. 7. Sand well. 8. Paint or stain piece to your desired finish. 9. Attach your 2 pieces of acrylic to your grocery using 1" screws. (Be sure to pre-drill your holes through the acrylic and the wood!) 10. You are now READY TO PLAY!! Maybe it's a bakery.... Maybe it's a pizzeria... Maybe it's an Ice Cream Shop... And for your added enjoyment.... A CANNED GOODS TUTORIAL: You need 8 pieces of .75" dowel cut to 1.25" long Sand your pieces well... Paint the ends with silver craft paint... Go to Jim's Print Minis: http://www.printmini.com/printables/kitchen/vcansp.jpg Print out this page at 150%. Cut out images. Decoupage images onto dowels, making sure to add decoupage on top of labels to protect them. After they are dry, you have this: Make as many as you need to fill your grocery shelves!! :) Please feel free to use these plans to build furniture, for sale or for pleasure, but please do not sell the PLANS as your "own". Please also give credit to me and link back here! I hope you enjoy them!! ***I am NOT LIABLE for any plans featured here. Please take every precaution and use your own discretion to make sure these toys are safe for children to play with them.
