Tag: ice cream

The Ice Craze: Triumphs and Scandals of the 19th Century Ice Trade

Post author By Greg Young
Post date July 15, 2021
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New York City on ice — a tribute to the forgotten industry which kept the city cool in the age before refrigeration and air conditioning. Believe it or not, ice used to be big business. In 1806 a Boston entrepreneur named Frederic Tudor cut blocks of ice from a pond on his family farm and… Read More

Tags ice, ice cream, ice trade, icehouses, Robert Van Wyck

Those Were The Days

Ten cool facts about ice cream and New York City history PLUS: where was New York’s first frozen yogurt shop?

Post author By Bowery Boys
Post date July 19, 2013
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Lewis Wickes’ photograph of a few children enjoying a bit of ice cream on a hot day, 1910. (NYPL) 1. America’s first ice cream shop was located on Dock Street** (roughly today’s Pearl Street) in 1774. The British confectioner Philip Lenzi advertised ice cream of “any sort”, along with a host of treats, including sugar… Read More

Tags Bronx, food history, George Washington, Hanover Square, ice cream, Niblo's Garden, street vendors, Vauxhall Garden