Brooklyn Today for July 12
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Good morning. Today is the 193rd day of the year. Now and then, you hear about a type of business that has long since become obsolete. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of July 12, 1902, wrote about such a business in the article “Big Mortgage on Ice Plant.” The plant in question was located on Fourth Avenue and Bond Street. In the days before refrigeration, people used iceboxes for cold storage and relied on daily deliveries of ice.
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Well-known people who were born today include actress Brooklyn-born Lisa Nicole Carson “”ER,” “Ally McBeal”), pianist Van Cliburn, comedian-actor Bill Cosby (“I Spy,” “The Cosby Show”), singer Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, television personality Richard Simmons and TV talk show host Rolonda Watts.
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