The Pushcarts of the Lower East Side (Rewind)
About this episode
This episode explores the history of pushcarts on the Lower East Side before the advent of food trucks.
Before there were food trucks and hot dog carts, there were pushcarts, mostly concentrated on the Lower East Side in the late 19th century.
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