Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Long afternoon naps rarely happen here, sadly. But I never stop fantasizing.

The Tenement Museum celebrates the enduring stories that define and strengthen what it means to be American. We share stories of the immigrant and migrant experience through guided tours of our two tenement buildings on Orchard Street and the surrounding neighborhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Visitors can take building tours of the recreated homes of our former residents between the 1860s and the 1980s as well as walking tours of the neighborhood they lived in.

I love this place. It’s almost always empty. I can think here, and look at the New York City skyline which is amazing and exciting and always inspiring and reminds me of how lucky I am to live here.

My first job in the city. The family and friends and raised New York Megan. Also very good coffee. And lovely neighbors.