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The Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market, now with new links, an opening date, and a statement from Mayor Fiorello La Guardia.
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Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market
Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market
The Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market (WIndsor 8-8788) was one of seven New York City markets built in the interest of sanitation, removing pushcarts from the streets and placing them indoors, with the benefits of air conditioning, screening, and hot and cold running water. With dim memories and several photographs.
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Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market
A Brooklyn public library
A Brooklyn public library
A few years ago, when I was asking my mom for memories of her Brooklyn childhood, I wrote this down: “As a girl, Mom walked to the Boro Park library on Saturday mornings. It was on 13th Avenue, toward the higher street numbers.” And there it was, between 52nd and 53rd Streets.
#Brooklyn#libraries#photography#NYCMunicipalArchives
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A Brooklyn public library
More candy store
More candy store
From the New-York Historical Society, two more views of a candy store at 4417 New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn.
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More candy store
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A Brooklyn candy store with a Saturday Night Fever connection, or almost.
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Horton’s
Horton’s
The J.M. Horton Ice Cream Company, maker of “The Premier Ice Cream of America,” was a venerable name in cool treats.
#Brooklyn#NewYorkCity#food
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Horton’s
Bagels and ducks
Bagels and ducks
A duck and her brood walk into a bagel store. No joke.
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Bagels and ducks