It seems like the ‘serious’ teenage runaway movie was almost a trope circa 1980. I can think of two in particular, which featured pretty bland, terrible, melodramatic plotlines, yet contained fabulous music on their soundtracks.
Here are some photos of New York City from the past few weeks. Most of the high-rises in Long Island City and Greenpoint were certainly not there at all when I lived in that area 15 years ago.
While New York City is mega-diverse, it’s also varied in the ways that these diverse groups have spread out and settled here. Think meta-diversity.
Here are some pictures from the past few weeks in the Bronx. They are mostly from the area west of Jerome Avenue.