1930s. Garcia. I work at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in new york city. We are going to look at our historical tenement building, which was built in 1863. About 7000 immigrants lived here between 1863 and 1935. What you see around you is a mix of original architectural detail and some things that came later in the buildings history. Throughout the years, our building changed over time. In the year it was built, there were virtually no housing laws on the book yet, here in new york city. The gentleman who built this, a german immigrant called lucas lautner, was basically working on his own, putting together a building he would see fit to live in, and did live here in the early years with his family. But as compared to what we are used to today, it was a pretty difficult place to live. There was no source of interior light. There was no running water, no plumbing, no toilets, sinks, showers, or tubs. And there was not a designated number of windows. We are going to take a closer l