Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Take a quick trip back to Avenue A and East 7th Street in 1986



In case you missed this yesterday, Gothamist posted several recently uploaded videos from the East Village … specifically 1986 and the corner of East Seventh Street and Avenue A… here's one of the short (54 seconds) videos...



Gothamist posted two other East Village home movies from the same time … which came via the Kinolibrary archive film collections.
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 29, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    Wow, seeing that makes me hate today even more.

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  2. UnknownApril 29, 2015 at 7:40 AM

    Seeing Leshko's, Sal's and Syps all there, what a time capsule.

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  3. AnonymousApril 29, 2015 at 7:51 AM

    Young people, outdoor cafes, skinny hipsters - doesn't look much different today.

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  4. RJJNYApril 29, 2015 at 7:57 AM

    This is snipped from a Nelson Sullivan video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN30eALfJYg

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  5. RJJNYApril 29, 2015 at 8:18 AM

    Seems like they do have the rights, but weird and sad that they don't credit Nelson Sullivan by name:

    http://kinolibrary.tumblr.com/post/84218808928/1980s-club-kid-home-movies-in-gifs

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  6. Glenn BelverioApril 29, 2015 at 10:25 AM

    King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

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  7. AnonymousApril 29, 2015 at 11:18 AM

    Wasn't there a home video, something like "first day of summer Alphabet City" from this same corner? Why did everyone take home movies from the same spot?

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  8. UnknownApril 29, 2015 at 4:08 PM

    @Anon 11:18... maybe this is the video you were thinking of?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31-zHd07CeY&feature=youtu.be

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  9. RJJNYApril 29, 2015 at 5:01 PM

    @Anon 11:18

    It's because they're all shot by videographer Nelson Sullivan, who seems to have been fond of 7A, the restaurant on that corner.

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