Category Archives: NEW YORK

The Last Days of Babylon from missrosen.com

December 18, 2015 – 7:46 am

The Last Days of Babylon July 12, 2013 Throughout 70s and 80s the Times Square was a haven for XXX theaters, go-go girls, pimps, whore houses, rent boys, hustlers, thieves, dealers, and lowlifes on the make. Police and city authorities had declared the area as DMZ for crime and sex. The 1977 debut of Show […]

By Peter | Also posted in Art, myth | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Oh Poor Babylon

December 3, 2015 – 5:53 pm

This month I’ve had a number of opportunities to pass through Times Square. Each time I’m shocked by the gross commercialization of an infamous sex entrepot. Go-Go bars have been replaced by Starbucks. Old movie theaters are shopping malls for uniform fashion and tawdry clip joints have been replaced by mainstream eateries serving GMO food. […]

By Peter | Also posted in Sex, Sin | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

LEAVING NY by Peter Nolan Smith

October 24, 2015 – 9:48 am

Thirty summers ago I was stuck in New York waiting for a doorman job in Gemany. My pockets were empty and my rent was a month late. Many of my friends worked at Danceteria on West 21st Street. I ate at the BBQ on the roof and drank for free. The owner was a fan […]

By Peter | Also posted in 80s, Nightlife, semi-fiction | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

The Source Of The Gowanus Canal

October 12, 2015 – 7:26 pm

The native Lenape Indian tribe had fished and hunted the Gowanus Creek since the Ice Age. Gowanus Creek was first explored by Henry Hudson and Giovanni da Verrazzano. The Dutch bought the land to raise tobacco and later built a grist mill to process wheat and corn. The Dutch also harvested oysters by the billions. […]

By Peter | Also posted in Nature | Tagged | Comments (0)

Watch The Steps / Hurrah Nightclub

October 4, 2015 – 2:16 pm

Throughout the late 1970s Hurrah was New York’s premier punk/new wave dance hall with DJs filling in between the live bands such as the Damned, Buzzcocks, Dead Boys, Klaus Nomi along with Divine in the off-Broadway exploitative prison play WOMEN BEHIND BARS. Jim Fouratt hired me to work the front door. Haoui Montaug handled the […]

By Peter | Also posted in 70s, punk | Tagged , , | Comments (0)