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Nowadays, New York City’s a global epicenter for fashion and forward thinking—but that wasn’t always the case. We asked Greg Young of the Bowery Boys Podcast to dig up some of the weird fads that New Yorkers tried out during the city’s awkward “historical phase.” Hear what he found in our live studio interview. Then check out the Bowery Boys to find even more amazing stories about old New York.

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