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Watch Police Crack Down on Food Carts, Circa 1903 [VIDEO]
Last modified January 12, 2017 at 12:24 pm
Policing food carts on the city streets is certainly nothing new. It’s likely a contributing factor to why some of your favorite meal-on-wheels oftentimes hit up different neighborhoods. But, again, it’s been happening for over a hundred years. Just check out this awesome video clip, a public domain black-and-white called “Move On” dating back to […]
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Exclusive: Dismantling MOSCOT’s 118 Orchard Store [PHOTOS]
Posted May 14, 2013 at 6:06 am
Ahead of the much-anticipated move across Delancey to 108 Orchard, a story we first broke, the Boogie was given exclusive access to photograph the flagship store before and after the dismantlement.
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From Push-Carts to Prosperity: A Journey Through NYC’s Push-Cart History
Last modified August 22, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Of remaining family-run businesses on the Lower East Side today, a few can trace their beginnings to peddling from an early 20th century push-cart
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From the Tenement Museum Photo Archive, Part 4
Last modified June 24, 2010 at 11:08 am
In Day 4 of the Tenement Museum photo archive preview, we travel back into the neighborhood of the 1930s, where push-cart vendors ruled the streets. Don’t forget to pick up a box of Selox Speed Soap!

Delancey Pushcart Slushy
Posted August 13, 2009 at 6:17 am
Stationed beneath the scaffolding at the corner of Norfolk and Delancey is a pushcart slushy business operated by an older gentleman wearing a khaki hat. On the hottest summer days, neighborhood children and adults alike queue up for a dose of frozen treats done up old-school. No fancy equipment or crazy modern technology. Just a […]
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Stanton Pushcart
Posted December 31, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Chained to a Stanton Street tenement is a lone pushcart, with no vendor in sight. Its mere presence is a subtle reminder of the constant struggle between the glorified past and destructive present. Also, note the dated Teleplex pay phone to the left.