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Jul 27, 2008 at 12:53 PM
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Restaurant owners near the seaport in New York's Manhattan borough say the offending odor is chasing away diners from chic downtown eateries.
"It's disgusting -- like rotten fish left out on a sidewalk for a year," said Venanzio Pasubio, 33, owner of ll Brigante.
Some locals say the smell may be coming from illegal waste dumping, but no one knows for sure.
"We're supposed to be up and coming and trendy," resident Ellen Murphy said. "Now we just smell like fish."
Smell expert Dr. Avery Gilbert speculated the stink is the result of "amines," a fishy smell given off when proteins break down.
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Jul 27, 2008 at 03:12 PM Anonymous Says:
they should have smelled it inthe summers when the fish market was still there
ewwwwwwwwww
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Jul 27, 2008 at 05:11 PM bigwheeel Says:
There's nothing new there! For years, everyone could smell that horrible, salty smell, even when driving by on the FDR!!!
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Jul 27, 2008 at 09:33 PM anon Says:
When fish exchange was closed - was the whole area cleansed - there could be fish 'residue' that was absorbed in the stone and concrete - now when its heating up its being released.
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Jul 27, 2008 at 11:06 PM Anonymous Says:
For all you city slicker landlubbers: it's called "the smell of the ocean". Enjoy!
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Jul 28, 2008 at 07:14 AM LES Kid Says:
I was there yesterday afternoon. It smelled a little fishy, nothing like it use to be when the fish market was open. The area has always smelled. These people are really fussy.
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Jul 28, 2008 at 07:23 AM Anonymous Says:
Tip: If you don't like the smell of fish -- don't live on an island. And what did they expect? -- rhe Fulton Fish market was not actually closed, only re-located -- it's just a couple of blocks from where the old one was (it moved during the 1990s from the old historic building, which is now occupied by pricy shops, just across South Street (underneath the elevated FDR highway) about a block or two north of the touristy seaport).