I remember you could walk through there and get about 4 or 5 dudes hustling you to buy weed from them. Smoke smoke smoke! Man, what a different time. I remember smoking at the Simon and Garfunkel concert at Central park which I think is that same year, 1981, and cops would literally be 5 feet away not saying anything. Now you light up you get treated like you just whipped out a grenade launcher.
@JamesTKirkCobain And now James I do hope you are supportting your kids and wife. I am sure that you read to your kids bedtime stories!
That grenade thing was just a foolish thing "yo be braggin wit yo bois" right? Your bro's aint yo family! They is TRASH! Your mother,wife and children are what is important!
I'm sure that 5% of the people you see in my clips were gay. In the Netherlands, where I live, they have come out. I suppose that the artistic community in Greenwhich village couldn't care less to show their true nature.
wow...Charlie Barnett(rip) was Dave Chapelles mentor. who would have known? remember the artists that would make a picture in your likeness, on the sidewalk? i miss attending the halloween day parade. one year there was a guy walking around dressed like michael myers with a guy carrying a radio with the theme music playing. made me cross the street!
Those were good times, the BEST TIMES ever! Today, the rest of Manhattan changed FOR THE WORST...but the Village continues to uphold it fine diverse, musical and artistic tradition and progressive and sometimes radical attitude...Hell, I was born there (before we moved to Queens at 13.) Long live Greenwich Village! Thank you for posting MichealRogge. Good vid, many memories...
That's Washington Square Park. Those people are playing chess on the concrete tables there. That goes on all the time.
norb1937 11 months ago
1981 I wasn't even a thought yet.
TheProductofsociety 1 year ago
I remember you could walk through there and get about 4 or 5 dudes hustling you to buy weed from them. Smoke smoke smoke! Man, what a different time. I remember smoking at the Simon and Garfunkel concert at Central park which I think is that same year, 1981, and cops would literally be 5 feet away not saying anything. Now you light up you get treated like you just whipped out a grenade launcher.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain And now James I do hope you are supportting your kids and wife. I am sure that you read to your kids bedtime stories!
That grenade thing was just a foolish thing "yo be braggin wit yo bois" right? Your bro's aint yo family! They is TRASH! Your mother,wife and children are what is important!
SouthernWasp 3 months ago
81, ey? i was in kindergarden then in brooklyn
victordls 1 year ago
@victordls Haha so was I in Queens!
otispitbull 8 months ago
This is Washington Square Park - I grew up here in the early 70s. The park is currently undergoing gentrification.
guiglio 2 years ago 4
It's been gentrified for awhile now.
TheNYFlame 2 years ago
@TheNYFlame Yeah, I know. Same thing with my home-village: Haight-Ashbury
mushroomagical 8 months ago
we're there alot of gay people back then over there? cause there sure are now.haha.
babz1991 3 years ago
I'm sure that 5% of the people you see in my clips were gay. In the Netherlands, where I live, they have come out. I suppose that the artistic community in Greenwhich village couldn't care less to show their true nature.
MichaelRogge 3 years ago
@babz1991 Damn straight there are.
yllanacomedy 1 year ago
wow...Charlie Barnett(rip) was Dave Chapelles mentor. who would have known? remember the artists that would make a picture in your likeness, on the sidewalk? i miss attending the halloween day parade. one year there was a guy walking around dressed like michael myers with a guy carrying a radio with the theme music playing. made me cross the street!
mrstecstash 3 years ago
Those were good times, the BEST TIMES ever! Today, the rest of Manhattan changed FOR THE WORST...but the Village continues to uphold it fine diverse, musical and artistic tradition and progressive and sometimes radical attitude...Hell, I was born there (before we moved to Queens at 13.) Long live Greenwich Village! Thank you for posting MichealRogge. Good vid, many memories...
ursa41 3 years ago 2
Remember the comedian Charlie Barnett and the Fireman, the guy who used to blow flames? Great memories.
akeffo 4 years ago 2
I remember it well. I might easily have walked through your frame as a kid at that time. Thank you.
ironduke2000 4 years ago
man good memories I remember early breakdancer in the park! dave chappele even perform there
crs78 4 years ago
Indeed this was super 8 film.Sorry, that's all I got!
MichaelRogge 4 years ago
Was that 8mm film? That looked great!
felix1978 4 years ago
Any more?! Please post more!!!
zluvu4ever 5 years ago