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[Northeast corner of 1st Avenue and 6th Street/John Fensten]
In recent months, EVG Facebook friend Susan Fensten has posted photos that she and her father, John Fensten, took around the city in the 1980s. Of particular interest to us: The shots of the East Village from that time period.
Susan, who grew up in the neighborhood, gave us permission to post these photos. (Unfortunately, we do not have exact dates and locations for all these.)
Updated to note proper photo credits.
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[West side of 3rd Avenue between East 10 and 11th Streets/Susan Fensten]
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[Looking north from East Fifth Street/John Fensten]
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[Random wall from 1984/Susan Fensten]
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[Tompkins Square Park/John Fensten]
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[East 5th Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue/John Fensten]
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[First Avenue/John Fensten]
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[Union Square/Susan Fensten]
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[Looking north on 3rd Avenue at East 13th Street/John Fensten]
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[Astor Place/John Fensten]
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[Avenue A near East 7th Street/Susan Fensten]
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[Behind East Fifth Street between 1st Avenue and 2nd Avenue/John Fensten]
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[Leshko's on Avenue A and East 7th Street/Susan Fensten]
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[East 4th Street with the Merchant's House on the left/John Fensten]