In our post yesterday about the new apartment building on East 11th Street ... Dave on 7th noted that the building adjacent to the lot, 533 E. 11th St., served as the exterior for
"The Super," a rather painful comedy (co-written by Nora Ephron too) from 1991 starring Joe Pesci.
And the plot: "Karma comes into play when a wealthy wisecracking landlord is ordered by a court to live in the filthy building that he runs."
The movie provides a nice time capsule for the neighborhood circa 1990-1991, as you can see in this clip that Dave on 7th sent along...
And a few photos...
[From 1979 via
Michael Sean Edwards]
[From 2011 via Google]
