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which is largely based in gradual urban decay and eventually the default. Indeed. NYC in the '70s and '80s was a dangerously magical (and magically dangerous)

which is largely based in gradual urban decay and eventually the default. Indeed. NYC in the '70s and '80s was a dangerously magical (and magically dangerous) place. Some good resources: VH1's (no, seriously) "NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1080761/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1080761/) Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever (http://www.amazon.com/Love-Goes-Buildings-Fire-ebook/dp/B0051O9YCU/ http://www.amazon.com/Love-Goes-Buildings-Fire-ebook/dp/B005...) I'd be interested in anyone can recommend good books or movies about the NYC art scene of the late '70s or '80s. (I've seen Downtown 81; it's good, but not a documentary. It does capture the downtown NYC of that time, though.) The whole loft scene was a result of squatting in empty industrial facilities, thanks to economic downturn.

l33tbro 13y ago
“In the 1970s New York City was not a part of the United States at all. It was an offshore interzone with no shopping malls, few major chains, no golf courses, no subdivisions. We thought of the place as a free city, where exiles and lamsters and refugees found shelter. Downtown we were proud of this, naturally.” Luc Sante, Low Life. Interview here: http://www.believermag.com/exclusives/?read=interview_sante http://www.believermag.com/exclusives/?read=interview_sante
- jamesbritt 13y ago
  He's almost correct. :) Perhaps surprisingly, there's a golf course in the Bronx, up in Van Courtlandt Park. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Van+Cortlandt+Park+Golf+Course&num=50&fb=1&gl=us&hq=van+cortlandt+park+golf+course&t=m&z=14 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Van+Cortlandt+Park+Golf+Cours... It's not new: "The Van Cortlandt Golf Course opened on July 6, 1895, as the first public golf course in the United States." http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X092/highlights/11046 http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X092/highlights/11046
alexnorman 13y ago
You will find many different films if you like some of the 80's pop icons you might like this documentary on Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568335/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568335/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)

l33tbro 13y ago

“In the 1970s New York City was not a part of the United States at all. It was an offshore interzone with no shopping malls, few major chains, no golf courses, no subdivisions. We thought of the place as a free city, where exiles and lamsters and refugees found shelter. Downtown we were proud of this, naturally.” Luc Sante, Low Life. Interview here: http://www.believermag.com/exclusives/?read=interview_sante http://www.believermag.com/exclusives/?read=interview_sante

jamesbritt 13y ago
He's almost correct. :) Perhaps surprisingly, there's a golf course in the Bronx, up in Van Courtlandt Park. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Van+Cortlandt+Park+Golf+Course&num=50&fb=1&gl=us&hq=van+cortlandt+park+golf+course&t=m&z=14 https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Van+Cortlandt+Park+Golf+Cours... It's not new: "The Van Cortlandt Golf Course opened on July 6, 1895, as the first public golf course in the United States." http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X092/highlights/11046 http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/X092/highlights/11046

alexnorman 13y ago

You will find many different films if you like some of the 80's pop icons you might like this documentary on Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568335/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568335/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)