The street vendors of Sixth Ave. each have a unique story about how they came to be vendors . Many of them say it was a choice they made, some ended up there because of drugs, or the inability to find work, whatever the case their life is not an easy one. The people making lives on Sixth Ave depend on each other. All of them are black males, with the exception of one black woman named Alice. Most spent time in jail for crimes committed during their crack use in the 1980's. They range in age from mid-thirties to their late fifties. …
