A Tenement Time Capsule

I recently explored Manhattan’s West side: the Polyclinic Hospital where Rudolph Valentino died in 1926 (now apartments across from a city park with silver tables reflecting February’s sun, winter greenery and walk-up ethnic restaurants), and 66^th & Broadway – the original site of Frank E. Campbell’s Funeral Chapel. Enjoyable excursions all but the star of my visit was the Lower East Side Tenement Museum.