slow cortisol

That was a pretty rad bike in 1968!

Commuting on the 4

“Eileen’s Reno Bar, on Second Avenue, from my recently scanned prints from about 1989.  I was attracted by the aesthetics in deciding to photograph the place, especially the perfect neon sign (extra points for being lit during the day). This made me pretty much as clueless as the walk-ins described by Gary Indiana in his somewhat NSFW essay on the East Village scene of the day, “One Brief, Scuzzy Moment” in which the Reno Bar played a role: ‘In a strictly hedonistic way, Eileen’s Reno Bar was integral to the East Village community.’“