It could be worse: remembering a time without air-conditioning in NYC

… in the days before we had air conditioning whether in our homes or the chilly sanctuaries of coffee shops movie … the hottest preAC days of the late 1920s New Yorkers would buy ice from street cart vendors sit on their fire escapes … its aging infrastructure scant vegetation and high density housing experiences dangerously high temperatures There are …

By Alanna Schubach |June 20, 2017 - 9:59AM