“Avenue D housing project on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. The inner city today is an absolute contradiction to the main stream America of gas stations expressways, shopping centers and tract homes. It is populated by blacks, Latins, and the white poor. Some of the best American architecture survives in her “worst” neighborhoods, only because it hasn’t been demolished.” – Danny Lyon, 1974 H/T >
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On this date in 1989, “Do the Right Thing” was released. Spike Lee originally wanted Robert De Niro for the role of Sal Fragione. But
Rock history is jammed with messy, stupid, and tragic ends to promising starts– plane crashes, overdoses, gunshots— but Ian Curtis’ death is still striking. Sometime
One day when they are alone, Robert Mapplethorpe says to her: “Patti I’m dying. It is so painful.” Patti helps him to the couch and
Nothing like taking your whole rocker family on vacation to the 1983 US Festival in San Bernardino, California. From the looks of this crew, I’m
Fact: TCR (Total Control Racing) was the absolute shit. Regular slot car racing was cool and all, but slotless was a whole new world of
The Tennent’s Lager ‘lovelies’ from 1981 featured wives and girlfriends of loyal Tennent’s beer drinkers on special cans. https://psyne.co/products/p-o-c-pride-of-cleveland-beer-1917-vintage-mens-t-shirt/
The 1980s was an interesting time to be alive. The fashion was filled with pastels and neon, the hairstyles were wild (and often untamed), and