Description: An exciting and essential record of downtown Manhattan--iconic street scenes captured from the same vantage point in 1980s and today
Brief description: Bill Morgan is the author of numerous books about the Beat Generation, as well as I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg.
Review Quotes: A vivid, highly populated look at how the crazy quilt that is the East Village both has and has not changed in the past 40-some years. Yes, some great old mom-and-pops have become Chase bank branches. But it's clear from the contemporary photos that the East Village, though richer and more NYU-dominated, still teems with youthful, creative alternative energy. The 80s street fashions are also next-level.--Tim Murphy, author, Christodora