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Street Bookseller Holds on to Manhattan Parking Spot for 11 Years

  • E.D.W. LynchE.D.W. Lynch
  • August 19, 2011

Bookseller Charles Mysak has kept his car parked in the same parking space on the Upper West Side for 11 years. Mysak sells books from the car, paying $36 in quarters each day for the space.

NYU student Alden Peters has created a short documentary on Mysak.

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