Tag: street vendors

Colby Grant and his assistant Katherine Albright are hard at work bundling, wrapping and schlepping trees

For years, sidewalk bookseller Kirk Davidson has been a lightning rod and Rorschach test for Upper West Siders. Some see his open-air marketplace at 73rd and Broadway as a funky haven for bibliophiles, while others see a filthy nuisance blocking pedestrian traffic. 

Police arrested a man who had set up a stand to sell clothing on Amsterdam Avenue between 72nd and 73rd streets on Friday around

City Council member Helen Rosenthal said at a police community council meeting on Monday night that she's been looking for ways to ban street vendors from

October 27, 2011 Weather: Rain, High of 54 Degrees