Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Everyday Chatter

Take a tour of 8th Avenue's porn shops before there's nothing left to see [Forgotten NY]

See NYC pre-1996, before it all started going to hell, in the Midtown Y photo gallery show -- includes the work of Peter Hujar who captured the meatpacking district when it still packed meat, not fashion models, and the East Village when (in the words of Gary Indiana) "it still had the narcoleptic desuetude of downtown Detroit" [NYPL]

Take a surprising look at NYC from on high [kottke]

Read about the nuptial love between two anti-Atlantic Yards activists -- the Voice reports and No Land Grab sets the record straight

Immigrants an easy mark as Hotel Breslin's tenants get the boot [Chelsea Now]

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