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Let These Old New Yorkers Teach You How To Keep Cool During A Heatwave

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Jen Carlson

Published Jul 19, 2013

Modified Jul 19, 2013

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PUT A BENCH IN THE CENTRAL PARK LAKE: "1961. Three women keep cool during a heat wave by moving a park bench into the water in Central Park."

 

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Published Jul 19, 2013

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If our modern day tips on beating the heat weren't your thing, well, that's just crazy, because sharing a tiny bathtub with a friend is quite simply the perfect way to cool down. But here are some more traditional tips, from the New Yorkers who came before us and didn't even have air conditioning in their subway cars yet.

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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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