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Causa. I join these words for four people, Some others may overhear them, world, I am sorry for you, You do not know these four people. Ezra Pound / "My day passes between logic, whistling, going for walks, and being depressed." Ludwig Wittgenstein / "On a deux vies, et la deuxième commence quand on se rend compte qu’on n’en a qu’une" Confucius / "My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection." Man Ray / «Todas las teorías del dadaísmo y del surrealismo son monótonamente repetidas. El “ready-made” inunda el globo. Cuando todo sea “ready-made” no habrá que tocar nada» Salvador Dalí, 1932 / "existir apenas levemente / como el sol de tarde que dibuja / sombras de las hojas de los plátanos / en la pared que da al oeste." Beatriz Vignoli / "Anything can happen. Especially nothing." Michel Houellebecq

COMMERCE STREET, NEW YORK, 1880-2011

‘I live on a street in New York that has, surprisingly, not changed all that much since the 1840s. The bend in the street makes it very easy to block and use as a location shoot for movies and TV, so I’ve been able to capture the street in many incarnations going back to the 1880, mostly via Hollywood’

- Simon Coconino

1880s

1890s

1904

1940

1950s

1961 ‘Blast of Silence’ screen shot

1979 ‘Lathe of Heaven’ screen shot

1988 ‘Bloodhounds of Broadway’ screen shot

1988 ‘Bloodhounds of Broadway’ screen shot 2

1988 ‘Bloodhounds of Broadway’ screen shot 3

1988 ‘The House On Carroll Street’ screen shot

1990 ‘Mo’ Better Blues’ screen shot

1990 ‘Mo’ Better Blues’ screen shot 2

2001 ‘You Stupid Man’ screen shot

2003 ‘Sex and the City’ screen shot

2005 ‘Adam’ screen shot

2011 ‘Pan Am’ screen shot

2011 ‘Glee’ screen shot

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This capsule was curated by Simon Coconino

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/commerce-street-new-york-1880-2011/

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