https://photos.jeffbloom.net A Collection of Photos from 1968-ish to Present Sun, 21 Jan 2024 01:40:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://photos.jeffbloom.net/a-personal-photographic-portrait-of-1970s-new-york-city/living-in-the-shadows-the-homeless-needy/#comment-784 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 01:40:58 +0000 https://jeffbloom.net/photos/?page_id=2840#comment-784 I lived in the East Village during the transition between Bowery Bums and the recently-released mental patients that took over the neighborhood. The Bums were a minor inconvenience, but were docile – they just wanted to (1) get a bottle and (2) pay for a bunk for the night. What came after was chaos. While I was on East 3rd St. I saw a man raped on the sidewalk in the Salvation Army food line. Yes, we called the police. They got there after the event was over. I never had a beef with the drinkers. I had nothing but trouble with the nuts and drug people that Gov. Carey put out onto the street.

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