Looking southwest from Orchard St. 1986. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
We’re back in 1980s New York City with Jeff Rothstein, walking the Lower East Side. We shop for yamulka’s at Weinfeld’s (now relocated to Brooklyn) and check out fashions at Modern Girls boutique in SoHo where New Wave ruled and along with the likes of Patricia Field, Einsteins and Ibiza, art and fashion and music merged.
We mooch past Fulton Fish Market. After 185 years of business the market moved from from its historic location at the South Street Seaport (along the East River waterfront at and above Fulton Street) in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan to the Bronx to in 2005.
I shot this in 1984, but lost my notes re location. It’s either East Village or Soho. Does anyone have a clue? Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Hester St., Lower East Side. 1989. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
1985. Kids climbing and jumping a mailbox in the Village. Jeff Rothstein, photog.
1983. Man dressed as a Subway Token for a MTA promotional event. 20 years later the token would be obsolete with the introduction of the Metro Card. Jeff Rothstein, photog.
3rd Ave. Fair, 1983 Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Union Square. 1983. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Fulton Fish Market, 1986 Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Soho, 1983. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Lincoln Center, 1985 Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Do any of you guys remember what street this is? I lost all my 1980s notes. Thanks in advance. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein. 1989.
2nd Ave. Deli, East Village. 1984. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Canal Street, 1988 Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
I believe this is the LES. Can anybody help identify street? I shot this in 1988. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Lower East Side, 1989. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Lower East Side. 1988. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Meatpacking District. 1986. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Ninth Ave. & W. 13th St. 1985. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
West Broadway & Vesey St. 1989. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
SoHo, 1981.
Hudson St., West Village. 1984. Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
Staple Street, 1986 Photo (c) Jeff Rothstein
All images of 1980s New York copyright Jeff Rothstein.
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