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Funky Town
seems to fill a wide variety of needs of St. Mark’s Place habitues.
There are convenience
store items.
There are
tons of cool punk rock, new wave and other rock band T-shirts, stickers and
patches.
In the back,
they do body piercing.
All around,
there are bongs, vaping gear and other things we used to call head shop
products.
Also a lot
of cheap sunglasses and nice, patient, polite workers there.
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Search &
Destroy is a legendary punk rock clothing and accessories boutique.
Yes, that’s
a bunch of dolls stacked in the window to look like dead, well…
And you probably
see something vulgar in the image – half the photos on the entry foyer/door are
obscene and it doesn’t get any less raw inside.
Famed for
high prices and surly workers – plus dozens of signs telling you NOT to snap a
picture inside – we’re not sure how this far from wheelchair-accessible, worst customer
service in the neighborhood place survives.
But it is
highly photogenic and part of the nabe’s punk history.
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Established in 1990, Andromeda Studio 33 bills itself as one of the oldest and original bod mod shops in USA.
We hate
tattoos, but love the colorful façade and characters at this walkup space.
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Theatre 80
carries on a generational cultural function, which has helped to create the
East Village from the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
When Theatre
80 was first envisioned and built at 80 Saint Marks Place, the neighborhood of
the Lower East Side was a blighted area and the term East Village had yet to be
coined.
We were
among the first of the cultural institutions, which began the Lower East Side
Arts Movement resulting in the neighborhood now being referred to as the East
Village.
Beginning
during Prohibition, 80 Saint Marks Place was a vital destination for performers
of all kinds.
Jazz greats
such as Thelonious Monk, Harry “Sweets” Edison, John Coltrane and Frank
Sinatra performed here before Theatre 80 was established in the former nightclub.
--from Theatre 80's website. There's also a gangster museum upstairs.
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
St. Mark's
Place, named after the nearby St. Mark’s Church
in-the-Bowery, is part of Eighth Avenue in Lower Manhattan. It’s named St. Mark’s
Place between Third Avenue and Avenue A.
Still the
land of misfits, it draws as many tourists and locals and the rents are no
longer low.
A cloud of
perpetual weed smell hangs in the air and competes with the scent of many Asian
restaurants and other cuisine.
Referenced
in the Replacement’s ode to the late Alex Chilton -- Checkin' his stash by the
trash at St. Mark's place – the few blocks of history and discord also played
host to great Broad City episode.
