Jump back to the 1930s in hour eleven, with homes in Brno and New York that both tell stories over generations. First, a visit to the Tenement Museum in New York, where the 'Baldizzi Apartment' recreates the 1930s home of a family of Italian immigrants living through the Great Depression. A divergence from the Functionalist style of architecture of the period, and more luxurious than the Baldizzi apartment but equally functionalist, Tesař Villa in Brno was designed by Bohuslav Fuchs in 1937 with large apartments set behind curving walls. The building was commissioned by the Tesař family and has remained in the family for three generations.

Speakers
Michal Kolar, architectural historian, Joseph Arnold Cultural Center and OH Brno
Kathryn Lloyd, Tenement Museum
Martin and Lucie Pesl, Open House Brno
Rowan Wu, Open House New York

Hosted by Open House Brno, Open House New York, and the Tenement Museum

4 PM UTC | 6 PM BRNO | 12 PM NEW YORK

Photos: Baldizzi Apartment by Ryan Lahiff. Tesařova vila by Františka Uřičářová and courtesy of Jiřího Tesaře.

About the Tenement Museum
The Tenement Museum shares the stories of former tenement residents, who moved to New York City from other countries and other parts of the United States to start lives anew, to look at issues of work, migration, and family over time. The Museum’s guided tours of 97 and 103 Orchard Street immerse visitors in the tenement hallways, kitchens and parlours where families carved out new lives, and we share primary sources and research that helps us explore the stories of tenement families and connect past to present.