The Original Beats: Herbert Huncke and Gregory Corso
Often overshadowed by the Beat triumvurate of Burroughs, Ginsberg and Kerouac, Herbert Huncke and Gregory Corso were nonetheless integral to [...]
Jerry Rio Looks back on the 90′s (Again)
To see more Jerry Rio, visit ‘The World of Jerry Rio‘ Jerry Rio revisits the NYC of the 90′s – [...]
90′s NYC: Beggars on the 2 and 3 Trains
Working on the Upper West Side, riding the 2 and 3 train morning and evening like I used to do [...]
Jerry Rio’s Celebrity Watch
Jerry Rio, in one of his first appearances in front of a camera stands on a street corner in front [...]
Shots of Old New York
Reader Chris send these in. From the Selvedge Yard: Incredible shots of the poverty in the Lower East Side in [...]
Video Sunday: Jerry Rio and the Hawaii Kai
Jerry Rio visits the Hawaii Kai, or what’s left of it. Interviews people who remember the Hawaii Kai in all [...]
Sunday Video: Times Square Past
More Jerry Rio: Music video for “Mini-bar’, by Jerry’s old band ‘Sunshine Highway. A fascinating tour of day night-time Times [...]
Sunday Video: Jerry Rio’s ‘Man on the Street Interviews’
See more Jerry Rio: Jerry Rio: The Urban Eye (Times Square in the 90′s) The World of Jerry Rio More [...]
The Urban Eye: Video Time Capsule of mid-90′s New York
Over the holidays, reader Jerry Rio sent me this charming doc about changing mid-90′s New York: The Urban Eye. This [...]
Bookselling in front of Columbia U: Down Among the Crackheads
For a few months in 1993, I worked for a street bookseller in front of Columbia University. An interesting experience, [...]
Pilgrims: A Novel
'Pilgrims' is set in 1991 New York. The background is New York at the end of the First Gulf War, with the crack epidemic raging across the city, and the beginning of the East Village's gentrification. The first chapter can be seen in Sensitive Skin Magazine.
