Construction of the Eldridge Street Synagogue began in 1886 and was completed about a year later in 1887 for about $92,000. As the Jewish population of the Lower East Side dwindled, so did the synagogue’s fortunes, and the upper sanctuary was closed, locked, and all but abandoned in the 1950s. Preservationists began restoring the building’s Moorish Revival art and architecture in 1986, a progress that took 20 years and $20 million. #52HOWin52weeks #NYC #Manhattan #LowerEastSide #LowerEastSideNYC #LES #LESNYC #EldridgeStreet #EldridgeStreetSynagogue #EldridgeStreetmuseum #MuseumatEldridgeStreet #synagogue #Jewishsynagogue #Jewish #Judaism #architecture #religion #historicarchitecture #MoorishRevival #🕍 #✡️ (at Museum at Eldridge Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnGi_nUg1dw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ruaatwuocj2d