Street Peddlers color-white The historic Fulton Fish Market

The historic Fulton Fish Market closed in November 2005 and began operating out of a new gleaming refrigerated hub in the Bronx

Men and ships had to be moved thousands of miles

Esteemed by his peers

without a clear blueprint for success

Street Peddlers color-white The historic Fulton Fish MarketAt the turn of the century, the Lower East Side was the first stop in America for European immigrants struggling to start a new life. The tenement lined streets, rather than being paved with gold, were filled with peddlers, noise, dirt and poverty, as evident in this circa 1915 photograph. Immigrants lived in the miserable conditions cramped, decrepit tenement apartments with little space, ventilation, or light, and no heat or plumbing. As an escape,