Gristedes
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Gristedes is an American chain of supermarkets based in New York City. It serves a mostly urban customer base.
A typical Gristedes location in Manhattan.
Gas lighting
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Gas lighting is the production of artificial light by burning a fuel gas. Light may be produced directly by the flame or indirectly by heating another material to incandescence, as in a gas mantle or
Gristedes
…base. Charles Gristede and his brother Diedrich came to the United States from Germany in 1888, found work in grocery stores, and in 1891 opened a tiny gaslit store at 42nd Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan. This site was then far uptown from the central shopping area, but close to housewives who walked…
Gas lighting in the historical centre of Wrocław, Poland, is manually turned off and on daily.
An illustration of designs of lamplights, c. 1900
Passersby marvel at new gaslighting (London, 1809)
Workmen laying gas pipes under London's streets (George Scharf, British Museum)