Saturday, November 16, 2013

The first nice Sunday of 1987 in the East Village



Spotted this over at the always-interesting Flaming Pablum and wanted to share it here… It's a video from Nelson Sullivan titled "The first nice Sunday of 1987 in the East Village."

We've posted some of Nelson's videos from this era before, like here … and here.

A commenter at Flaming Pablum noted that Sullivan's archive is now at the Fales Library at NYU.

Sullivan died of a heart attack on July 4, 1989.
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 16, 2013 at 1:35 PM

    so i was born in 1987... and i live on that same block now.

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  2. BagelGuyNovember 16, 2013 at 6:22 PM

    So awesome. I was 16 and have vague memories of this East Village. Watching this video and thinking ' Yes, that place really did exist. I didn't just dream it up!' More interesting than what you see is what you don't see. Might be fun to make a list .

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  3. EV then > EV nowNovember 16, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    Looks like Williamsburg and Bushwick of today.

    Coffee Shop > Yuca Bar

    Wendy Wild > Carrie Bradshaw and its wannabes

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  4. BagelGuyNovember 16, 2013 at 8:17 PM

    Williamsburg is more sterile than the today's EV they just cover it up in a different package.

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  5. VH McKenzieNovember 16, 2013 at 11:42 PM

    That was the year that I moved intto the East Village -- love this.

    And that wasn't just "Coffee Shop" -- it was LESHKO's Coffee Shop. Shortly after I arrived in the EV, I remember a radical makeover taking place at Leshko's (post-modern chic) but it wasn't enough to survive.......at least not as Leshkos.

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  6. AnonymousNovember 17, 2013 at 9:44 AM

    Lesko's
    Cold winter day.
    Plate of warm toasted cinnamon babka.
    cuppa joe
    Mmmmm

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  7. AnonymousNovember 18, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    omg. old leshkos. miss it so much....

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  8. ~evilsugar25November 18, 2013 at 12:16 PM

    cab: $1.10 initial fare, 10 cents per 1/4 mile

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  9. AnonymousNovember 18, 2013 at 2:51 PM

    people waited for brunch in 1987 too!

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  10. bride of 7thNovember 20, 2013 at 8:15 AM

    so nostalgic it hurts

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