{"id":39109,"date":"2022-09-27T07:53:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T11:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=39109"},"modified":"2022-09-27T07:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T11:58:16","slug":"italian-market-push-cart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/27\/italian-market-push-cart\/","title":{"rendered":"Push Carts and Produce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/27\/italian-market-push-cart\/pushcart\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PushCart.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PushCart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PushCart.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PushCart.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PushCart.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PushCart.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/PushCart.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the early days of South Philly, Italian immigrant produce vendors would wheel their wares around the neighborhood or alleys in push carts like this. Many of them would rise before dawn and push their carts to Delaware Avenue to load up from the ships docked there. Eventually, they moved their businesses from small streets to 9th Street which became known as The Italian Market. If this push cart could talk!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/27\/italian-market-push-cart\/cartfifties\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CartFifties.jpg?fit=640%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CartFifties\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CartFifties.jpg?fit=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CartFifties.jpg?fit=640%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CartFifties.jpg?resize=640%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CartFifties.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CartFifties.jpg?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the early days of South Philly, Italian immigrant produce vendors would wheel their wares around the neighborhood or alleys in push carts like this. Many of them would rise before dawn and push their carts to Delaware Avenue to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/27\/italian-market-push-cart\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[829,4,104],"tags":[1633,5463,105],"class_list":["post-39109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-italian-market","category-news","category-philadelphia","tag-9th-street","tag-push-carts","tag-south-philly"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-aaN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42441,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/01\/31\/42441\/","url_meta":{"origin":39109,"position":0},"title":"Radishes","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"January 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Part of the bounty of the produce stands on 9th Street in South Philly.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Italian Market&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Italian Market","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/italian-market\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Radishes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Radishes.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Radishes.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39737,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/12\/23\/christmas-food-shopping-on-9th-street\/","url_meta":{"origin":39109,"position":1},"title":"Christmas Food Shopping on 9th Street","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"December 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite the rain, shoppers came out in droves to buy their produce and meat in the Italian Market.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Holiday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Holiday","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/holiday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Shopping9thSt.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Shopping9thSt.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Shopping9thSt.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39929,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/01\/25\/new-stands-on-9th-street\/","url_meta":{"origin":39109,"position":2},"title":"New Stands on 9th Street","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"January 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The rickety, haphazard, wooden stands that have been thoroughly beaten up by the elements and use have been replaced by clean, sturdy and colorful metal stands that should be appealing to customers and stand the test of time in the Italian Market. 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