Abstract: The Synagogue flourished in its first 50 years until the 1920s, when the National Origins Formula restricted non-northwestern European immigration and greater prosperity incentivized Jewish families to move out of the Lower East Side. With the remaining worshippers moving services to the downstairs Beth Midrash in the 1940s, the Main Sanctuary fell into severe disrepair over the following decades. Renewed attention on the Synagogue was brought with the work of NYU Professor Gerard Wolfe, culminating in the nonprofit Eldridge Street Project being incorporated in 1986. The restoration spanned the next 20 years at a cost of $20 million, with the Project succeeded by the Museum at Eldridge Street. It remains the grandest restoration in New York City unconnected to public or private institutions. Full photo-essay: https://medium.com/@HalideHaytham/eldridge-street-synagogue-e6c5a090deb6
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Abstract: The Synagogue flourished in its first 50 years until the 1920s, when the National Origins Formula restricted non-northwestern European immigration and greater prosperity incentivized Jewish families to move out of the Lower East Side. With the remaining worshippers moving services to the downstairs Beth Midrash in the 1940s, the Main Sanctuary fell into severe disrepair over the following decades. Renewed attention on the Synagogue was brought with the work of NYU Professor Gerard Wolfe, culminating in the nonprofit Eldridge Street Project being incorporated in 1986. The restoration spanned the next 20 years at a cost of $20 million, with the Project succeeded by the Museum at Eldridge Street. It remains the grandest restoration in New York City unconnected to public or private institutions. Full photo-essay: https://medium.com/@HalideHaytham/eldridge-street-synagogue-e6c5a090deb6