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All the World Feeds New York, Annual Report 1923

All the World Feeds New York, Annual Report 1923. Only 12% of food consumed in New York City was produced in New York State. Pushcart peddler, Lower East Side early 1900s. Pushcarts were among dominant retails forms in working class neighborhoods.

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All the World Feeds New York, Annual Report 1923

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  1. All the World Feeds New York, Annual Report 1923 Only 12% of food consumed in New York City was produced in New York State

  2. Pushcart peddler, Lower East Sideearly 1900s

  3. Pushcarts were among dominant retails forms in working class neighborhoods

  4. Department of Public Markets, Map of Out Door (Pushcart) Markets, 1923 Annual Report

  5. During WWI, the NY Federal Food Board, led by NYC’s first Markets Commissioner, organized educational exhibits

  6. New York City – threat of civic unrest “As I see the hundreds of thousands of hungry people in this city, I wonder why the people of New York, and especially those of affluence, do not realize this condition cannot go on forever. Those people are not going to sit by idly while Rolls Royces and other big cars roll comfortably down Fifth Avenue.” NYC Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, inauguration speech, 1934 “…in food as in many other essential commodities of life, the battle between capital at one extreme and labor at the other has resulted in a gradual but positive indifference to the plight of the great mass of the population which stands in between.” NYC Commissioner of Markets, William F. Morgan, Jr, 1934

  7. New York City’s enclosed public retail markets were located in working class neighborhoods with high percentages of foreign-born M. Gittleman, 2012

  8. First Avenue Retail Market, opened in 1938 At East 10th Street, replaced First Avenue pushcart market that extended from 1st to 14th Streets (photography 1967, Jack O’Brien, LOC)

  9. Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market, opened in October 1939 Between 39th & 42nd Streets, Brooklyn 15,000 sq/feet and 137 stands Building now used as grocery store,

  10. Italian grocer in the First Avenue Market, 1943 Photographer, Marjory Collins, US Library of Congress

  11. Frances Foley Gannon, Deputy CommissionerDepartment of Public Markets and Weights and Measures, The goal was to “bring the consumer to an intelligent understanding of herself as a purchasing agent, and to aid her in getting the most and the best for her money” (Foley Gannon 1934)

  12. Consumers as political force / purchasing power as policy issue Museum of the City of New York L & R Sol Libsohn, 1938

  13. On Aspragus: Excerpts from 8:45am Broadcast, WYNC “Due to the large scale production methods and transportation facilities of modern times, this vegetable reaches us garden fresh well ahead of our spring season. Within a few weeks, when nearby farms hit their seasonal peak, these delicious green spears should be priced low enough to make generous use of them in our menus.” When purchasing asparagus, “remember that freshness is one of the prime requisites of quality. So, select bunches of straight, fresh and crisp stalks…Another indication of freshness is the ‘crackle’ or squeaking sound which occurs when a little pressure is applied to the bunch.”

  14. Harlem Market opens in 1955, and closes 3 years later.

  15. By the mid 1950s, the enclosed public markets were no longer viewed as modern, but as vestiges of immigrant life.

  16. Supermarkets were the new standard bearer, in the Department of Markets’ view. (Grocery stores had coexisted with public markets for nearly a century.)

  17. Equity and sustainability could be reinforcing goals… M. Gittleman, 2012

  18. “Closely allied with the preservation of life is that of health, and the chief guarantee of the latter is the maintaining of a constant supply of sound, wholesome and nutritious foods.”“To eat food is a necessity. To know how and what to eat is simply an intelligent application of the knowledge one obtains of the nutritious quality of foods and the scientific combining of them. Therefore a knowledge of how, when and what to buy is most essential.”New York City Department of Public Markets1929 Annual Report

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