09/24/2010
The 'icemen' of Mexico City
If you think that ice trucks and the deliverymen with giant tongs who work on them are a thing of the past, come to Mexico City.
Every morning at about 7:15 a.m. when I take my daughter to her school bus stop, I see the street vendors along Insurgentes, one of the main arteries of the city. Often, the coolers that hold their soft drinks hold blocks of ice.
For the first time the other day, I saw the ice truck making its delivery. The workers hopped out with their huge tongs and lugged the blocks of ice to each vendor.
The capital is a city of street vendors so there is still huge demand for fresh ice each morning. So even as a look up at a skyline of modern high-rises here, icemen still fulfill a valuable function.
Tim Johnson.
Read more: http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/mexico/2010/09/the-icemen-of-mexico-city.html#ixzz11EMWiyxE