Orchard Street

The orchard in question belonged to James Delancey, who returned to England in 1775, and his farm was declared forfeit.

First part of Little Germany and later a Jewish enclave, the neighborhood has been home to immigrants from the mid-19th century to the present day.

Meanwhile, several luxury condominiums now stand or are under construction where immigrant families once shared quarters in cramped tenement buildings.

Lower East Side resident and filmmaker Courtney Fathom Sell made Down Orchard Street over the course of four years.

[2] In the musical Ragtime the Latvian immigrant known as Tateh references the corner of Orchard and Rivington, where he makes a living creating silhouettes, in the song "Success": "With ordinary paper, a pair of scissors and some glue I will give you a thing of such beauty!"

Orchard Street between Stanton and Rivington Streets, looking south, in 2008
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Orchard Street in the late 19th century, seen from Rivington Street
Close-up of tenement houses on Orchard