New York's Flower Market: Things my Father Loved

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

New York’s historic 28th Street flower market opens early. The sidewalk is a rush of colour by 5am, packed with cheerful yellow sunflowers, frothy lime-white hydrangeas and vibrant lilies. Office workers pick their way to work round tropical plants and tall leafy palms sway in the city breeze. Cathy FitzGerald hears the market’s stories, and finds out what it takes to make it in this very beautiful - and very tough - business.

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0:00.0	You want to know about the New York Flower Market? I'm the one to really tell you.
0:17.0	I'm the oldest one in this market. There was one fellow that was all the main he passed away this year.
0:25.7	You're the father of the market? I guess I am. Yes I am.
0:30.8	I guess I am. I've heard that if you managed to stick it out in the New York Flower District
0:38.5	then you're pretty damn good at what you do. We're the best.
0:50.0	Things my father loved. A documentary for the P. BBC World Service.
0:52.0	By Kathy Fitzgerald.
0:53.0	It's my grandfather, 1941.
0:57.0	It's my grandfather, 1941.
1:01.0	1941, there he was again.
1:04.0	Yes, there are you.
1:05.0	That's you.
1:06.0	That's you.
1:08.0	Sammy Rosenberg, aged 80,
1:11.0	recently widowed.
1:12.0	Look at that face.
1:14.0	A charmer.
1:16.0	If you were going to be a flower.
1:18.0	If I was going to make you a flower.
1:21.0	Are you?
1:22.0	Which flower would you be? Oh that's a hard one.
1:27.0	Peony, okay.
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