Unforgotten New York

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Echoes of the Past

Unforgotten New York looks at the ghosts that haunt the city's most influential venues of the 20th Century...

It’s the people that make the character of a city, but people need a place to get together if magic is going to happen. New York City is perhaps only rivalled by Paris for world-famous centres of creative expression — whether they be artist studios, hedonistic nightclubs or coffee shops that served as a magnet for intellectuals.

Unforgotten New York: Legendary Spaces of the Twentieth Century Avant-Garde

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These places, as much as the people themselves, helped to shape New York’s reputation as a leading centre of artistic and social development in the latter half of the 20th Century. Reel off the names. Studio 54. Andy Warhol’s Factory. The Gaslight Café. CBGB’s. How many of these important venues have survived the passing of time, and how many burned brightly and died, leaving only memories?

Unforgotten New York: Legendary Spaces of the Twentieth Century Avant-Garde investigates the legacy of legendary New York haunts that are no more, recalling their glory days and the influential figures of the creative world who were once regular visitors. The book is a collaborative project by David Brun-Lambert (writer), John Short (photographer), David Tanguy (co-author and designer for Praline), and begins with a foreword by Lawrence Weiner.

There’s fascinating background history on each of the 40 chosen venues, along with interviews with the people who were there. Short’s contribution adds a melancholy air; he visits the locations of these storied old haunts to document what has replaced them, finding that some have been redeveloped, while others remain, empty and echoing with the voices of a bygone era — William S. Burroughs’ infamous apartment, The Bunker, one oddly chilling case. Unforgotten New York is published by Prestel for Random House.

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Unforgotten New York
Studio 54

Studio 54

The Factory III

The Factory III

William S. Burroughs' The Bunker

William S. Burroughs’ The Bunker

William S. Burroughs' The Bunker
Unforgotten New York
Roxy NYC

Roxy NYC

Jean-Michel Basquiat's Studio

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Studio

Maripol's Salon

Maripol’s Salon

Andy Warhol's House

Andy Warhol’s House

Unforgotten New York
The Gymnasium

The Gymnasium

BLAH

Dixon Place

BLAH

Stonewall Inn

BLAH

Studio Rivbea

Unforgotten New York