Valencia Hotel NY - from our story 'New York 1982 / 1983: Before Big Money Buried The City’s Character'

This is Saint Marks Place as it looked in November 1982. The shop with dresses hanging up in the window is Trash and Vaudeville, which is famous for supplying stars like The Ramones and Debbie Harry of Blondie with clothing during the golden age of punk rock in the 1970s and 80s. The store opened in 1975 and is still in its original location. Next door is the Valencia Hotel which was home to beat writer William S. Burroughs in the early 1970s. In the 1980s punk rock singer-songwriter GG Allin lived there. The hotel is now the St. Mark's Hotel. Trash and Vaudeville 4 Saint Marks Place New York NY 10003

This is Saint Marks Place as it looked in November 1982. The shop with dresses hanging up in the window is Trash and Vaudeville, which is famous for supplying stars like The Ramones and Debbie Harry of Blondie with clothing during the golden age of punk rock in the 1970s and 80s. The store opened in 1975 and is still in its original location. Next door is the Valencia Hotel which was home to beat writer William S. Burroughs in the early 1970s. In the 1980s punk rock singer-songwriter GG Allin lived there. The hotel is now the St. Mark's Hotel. Trash and Vaudeville 4 Saint Marks Place New York NY 10003

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