John Ades, Carrot Peeler, Dead At 75

Posted: February 3rd, 2009 | Filed under: Manhattan

Ah — I always wondered who this guy was — I saw vegetable peeler-purveyor John Ades/took pictures of him two different times. The pictures sat on the hard drive for a while — What was it? Who was he? How do you classify it? I tried googling it but what do you google, “peeler guy manhattan”? In retrospect, I should have googled the Daily News clip in the background with the headline “A Slice of the Street Action” . . . I would have come across this. Then one day I just finally labeled a page “The Pitch” under “Curiosities” and uploaded the pictures there.

Anyway, John Ades passed away last Sunday, February 1.

Here he is in Lower Manhattan probably about 3 years ago (I think — I can’t quite remember):

The Pitch, Broadway, Lower Manhattan

And here he is in Union Square in September 2008:

The Pitch, Union Square, Manhattan, September 19, 2008

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