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he building at 97 Or-
chard Street on the
Lower East Side looks
like a typical tenement
— tall and narrow, with an
outdoor fire escape. Once it
indeed was a tenement where
people lived in close quarters.
But the sign outside now
reads "Lower East Side Tene-
ment Museum." Another sign
giving a brief history of the
building also hangs outside
the entrance.
This unusual museum is
devoted to the immigrant
culture of New York's Lower
East Side. Inside, there are
varied exhibits about that
history and culture.
The museum also sponsors
tours. That's why a group is
gathered on a Sunday after-
noon. We're about to share an
unusual adventure: a walk-
ing tour of Lower East Side
streets, titled "Vaudeville
Vagabonds," during which
we'll explore the neighbor-
hood where some of the
famous vaudeville stars of the
last century grew up.
Eddie Cantor, Ira Ger-
shwin, Belle Baker, who was
known as the Barbra Strei-
sand of her day, all grew up
here and practiced their skills
on the streets we'll be
exploring.
"The birthplace of almost
all- popular culture in the
United States is vaudeville,"
says our guide, Robert Snyder,
who gives us a brief introduc-
tion and overview before we
start the actual tour. "It's a
simple idea — a string of acts
put together to create one
show, and the Lower East
Side is where it all started."
Mr. Snyder puts on his
wide-brimmed canvas hat and
we're ready to start. Outside,
we walk up Orchard, cross to
Broome and then go over to
Allen. The streets are throb-
bing with activity and people:
shoppers looking for bargains,
tourists with cameras, shop-
keepers with kipot, Chinese
and Hispanics, all walking
these narrow streets with
buildings huddled close
together.
"Eddie Cantor grew up on
these streets, and growing up
here, it was hard to have any
illusions about the way the
world works," says Mr.
Snyder, noting that Allen
Street was once a center of
prostitution.
A knowledgeable and per-
sonable guide, Mr. Snyder is
author of The Voice of the
City: Vaudeville and Popular
Culture in New York. An
author and historian, he's
taught a course at New York
University titled "Walking
through New York's History"
and has led vaudeville tours
for the 92nd Street YMHA as