How city kids cooled off in the heat wave of 1953


"A 10-day heat wave left the city blistering in late summer 1953, with record temperatures in the triple digits scalding the streets. Luckily these city kids living in the vicinity of today’s Nolita (see the ad for 276 Bowery) knew how to keep cool: They opened a fire hydrant."
Ephemeral New York

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