the old neighborhood….8th st. between c and d …..I lived above Chicken George and the perpetual smell of french fries ….1981-1983…believe it or not but this neighborhood was too expensive and I ended up moving to williamsburg in 1984-1989 because it was the closest place to my favorite stomping grounds in the ever-capturing east village……we grow…the abandoned homes become filled with ambitious children….we are displaced and find the new treasures

Photo by John Freeman

places I used to live in the east village:

540 e. 14th st. between A & B apt 1  

10th st. between C & D above Chicken George 

2nd ave. between 3rd and 4th …3rd floor

32 st. marks place apt. 1