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I had only seen the right part of his painted ad on 8th Avenue near West 47th Street, advertising rooms with steam heat, hot and cold water, and housekeeping. The rest of the wall has become recently visible, and there is what seems to be an ad for “Society Smokes” and one for shoes at [...]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: 8th Avenue
Your webmaster will say it right away: I’m not a porno fan and have never bought a magazine, frequented the video shops or the theatres when the Deuce was in full putrescence. Not even the Sports Illustrated swim suit issue. Why not? Well, there’s that objectification of women thing, though many women have no problems [...]
Categorized in: Street Scenes Tagged with: 8th Avenue Hell's Kitchen Manhattan
