Father-of-four Pershad stopped doing so in 1999, shortly before he moved to the Thirty Nine Essex Street chambers.

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Peruse the rare cheeses and charcuteries of the historic Essex Street Market, select a smoothie at its Tra-La-La Juice Bar, and rediscover your inner child at Economy Candy on Rivington Street, where retro delights such as Cherry Lips and Pixie Sticks abound.

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It turned out this guy in flip-flops the one I'd met in the kitchen talking knowledgeably about curing hams had also worked as an engineer for NASA. Soon, he hoped, anyone would be able to walk three full city blocks underground from New York's Clinton Street to Essex Street while venturing through grass, trees, moss and sunshine.

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