How cool to see this. I walked this street thousands of times and ate at Dojos so much !!! Those egg creams on the corner were pretty good !!! Thank you !!!
I really wish you had more footage. St. Marks in the 90's will always, and forever be my home and the best place on the entire planet. Always thinking about it, even though I still live near it, but it's fucking bullshit now. I miss Go Sushi when they made the Yakisoba outside (the owner was killed by Yakuza,) and the rehab parties that locals could go to, and coney island high, and the arcades at Sammy's and Gem Spa!
It all started crashing down when that GAP opened! But that Kim's video upstairs was the bomb. $1 a day - meaning just a dollar if you returned it the same day, $2 if you returned it the next day. And DOJOs was $2.99 for a grilled cheese in a pita and a side salad with that carrot dressing to die for! They had that same carrot dressing down the end of the block at Yaffa Cafe - still my all-time favorite place to eat in my entire life. Free condoms! 😂
Omg I miss this! St Marks in the 90’s was the best! My family and I spent almost every weekend there. ❤ it has changed so drastically. Went there this weekend and it was actually sad.
Man do I miss those times! used hang up down this street in the early 90's miss the vibe that existed then, the unique stores for tees and patches. area is so commercialized now.
I was surprised at how quickly coney island high was turned into apartments. The front of the building was completely refinished, some kind of reddish brick if I remember correctly and coney island high was completely unrecognizable.
I grew up with this and granted I grew up on the tail end of this but ppl forget the seedier side of what NYC was too. Now sn I happy that there's a Patagonia store where CBGB's used to be? No but you couldn't walk around some neighborhoods of NYC without the rampant drug use being present either.
it's not cool now like it used to be. The spirit is dead. You had to be from here to know the feeling. I'm still here, but feel empty neighborhood wise.
I agree it’s not as good as it used to be but still not bad……Also compared to Midwest cities, many are like empty ghost towns and much worse. At least there’s still decent foot traffic today in NYC.
I remember seeing Blue Man Group for 7 bucks. When the show was over they asked people if they wanted to see STOMP just across the street for free just to fill the audience.
