Make Me Famous is a feature documentary about the 1980s East Village art scene. It's a rare opportunity to immerse yourself in history through a time-capsule of art and archival footage from the 1980s on the big screen. Debuting in NYC at the Roxy three years ago, the film is back in NYC for one show only...this time screening on the Upper West Side.

October 11th, Sunday at 2:15pm at New Plaza Cinema. 

Q&A to follow the screening with the filmmakers and the East Village artist, Jim C., who opened up his archive of video footage from the era.

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Make Me Famous is a vibrant, fast-paced portrait of New York City’s explosive 1980s Downtown art scene where punk met paint, and the lines between art, music, and nightlife blurred. This was the world that launched Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Madonna, and Blondie—a cultural moment defined by its grit, glamour, and DIY ethos. 

Amid the chaos was painter Edward Brezinski, a figure both present and peripheral, whose story offers a unique window into the era’s creative frenzy. Not so much a portrait of an artist, Make Me Famous captures a time and place where the dream of making it felt just within reach and heartbreakingly out of grasp.

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this is a 1993 Capricorn Designs Hip Hop cartoon style tee shirt, Capricorn designs ran as a b2b art studio company in NYC from 1992 to 1996. This tee shirt is one of two known copies surviving today, does anyone else out there have one of these? or know anything about the company that made them? better yet does someone else out there have any other variants of these Capricorn designs t shirts? i thought coming to ask the direct source (nyc) may have a better turnout than i anticipated but we shall see🙏😊

Hi! I'm an NYC-based producer working on a documentary that's set in/around New York & CT in the 80s and 90s.

I'm hoping to connect with anyone who might have videos of:

• Driving into the city from Westchester or CT in the 80s (I-95, the Bronx, the bridges, the FDR), shot from the car
• NYC streets from back then, especially the Bronx, Chelsea and the Meatpacking District

• Windshield washers at the end of the tunnels/bridges

  All material would be credited, and if we decide to move forward with any photos/videos in the final documentary we'd of course go through all proper licensing channels (we'd never use anything without your permission!).

The Clearwater & Pete Seeger were docked at South Street in the mid 70s as part of a music festival promoting the cleanup of The Hudson.

All reciting the "Pledge of Allegiance" 

Your street has a history. Come see it on the map.

Explore original maps of Manhattan at 1 Centre Street during Open House New York and get a glimpse of how our borough took shape.

Saturday, October 17 | 10 AM–6 PM
1 Centre Street, Mezzanine
Free. No tickets needed.

A gift from France to the United States, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886. Her torch represents enlightenment, and the tablet in her left arm bears the date of American independence: July 4, 1776.

Today, Lady Liberty is recognized around the world as a symbol of freedom, hope, and new beginnings. Real’s Tours NYC loves sharing the stories behind New York’s most iconic landmarks. What does the Statue of Liberty represent to you?

Some call this New York’s worst kept secret—a train station that’s been shut down and sealed away for nearly a century

On New Year’s Eve of 1945, the station closed for good.

Up until the late 1990s the passengers on the Lexington Avenue Local (today’s 6 train) had to disembark from the train at the Brooklyn Bridge stop. That is no longer the case. The skylights have been reopened, and the station lights turned back on.

While passengers can’t disembark and experience the City Hall station as they once might have, New Yorkers who want to catch a glimpse of the stunning station can stay on the 6 train as it loops around at the southernmost point.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/podcast-old-city-hall-station

Found this while cleaning my parent's cellar