The crowds of young people began arriving in SoHo in the dark, pitching portable chairs and passing cups of porridge among them. By 3:30 on Saturday morning, more than 200 were waiting. As they huddled together along Prince Street, an early morning drizzle turned the pavement to glitter.

“It’s like Black Friday — almost,” said Brittany Francis, 17, her face shining below a streetlight outside the McNally Jackson bookstore, “everyone camping out in the nighttime to get what they want.”

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