The meaning of a tenement is a large building or block of flats owned by a landlord and tightly occupied in the 19th and 20th centuries by poor families. In the 21st century, tenements world-round have gone through renovation and reconstruction as historical points of interest.
Dublin
In the capital’s inner-city North Side is 14 Henrietta Street, the historical home of the Dublin Tenement Museum. The place was built during Dublin’s Georgian period as a townhouse for wealthy families and turned in the early years of the 20th century into a tenement. Visiting the museum requires taking the tour, and a ticket to the tour buys entrance and a walk through the different spaces telling about the lives and experiences of the 100 or more people who occupied the building at one point.
New York City
The city’s Lower East Side was one of the most famous former tenement areas in the world, and appropriately the NYC Tenement Museum is the most famous museum dedicated to the social phenomenon. In the early 20th century, the entire neighborhood was home to a diverse mix of migrant communities, with many of them ready to endure any sort of living conditions just to stay in the United States. The museum provides tours of the flats in two buildings, and all around the area.