How Street Cleaners Saved New York City

By the end of the 19th century, New York was one of the filthiest cities, causing the spread of disease and whose mortality rates rivaled those of medieval London. But, it was the unlikeliest characters of all that saved the city: the street cleaners.

Professor of Anthropology at NYU, Robin Nagle, takes us through the history of New York and tells us why parades were thrown for New York’s street cleaners.

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