In the 40’s and very early 50’s a Sanitation Dept Truck full of large shovels would pull up to the corner. A 25cent deposit was charged. You shoveled as long as you liked, for 50cents an hour. Snow was shoveled to the four corners. Large mounds were made, great “forts” to use in snow ball “fights”. When you returned the shovel you received your hourly pat and the deposit. There were supervisors to prevent “cheating”. Today I can imagine every kind of “cheating”. NYC has long lost it’s “neighborhood” concept.(except for the “hood”)
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