Don Barrett (aka DBs travels)'s photos
Binghamton cruising area, 3588
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Apparently the area around the bus station (see previous photo in set) is still a popular cruising area.
Merlin's, Binghamton 3577
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In the late 70's, a second (see first photo in set) gay bar opened in Binghamton at this location. Apparently there's been a gay bar in the location ever since, though it has changed names.
Binghamton, 3585
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One of the great things about Binghamton, and many of the older industrial cities of upstate New York, is that fairly sparsely populated countryside is very close. The bridge in the distance crosses the Susquehanna River
Hudson River lighthouse
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(Cropped version of the adjacent picture (n the 'Coming out' album, to show the detail on the lighthouse)
Medford, 1978
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I lived in various parts of the Boston area from 1976 to about 1982 -- I was in Medford for the heaviest snow storm I ever saw (in 1978).
From the fens (Boston) 3563
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Most of the time I lived in Boston, I lived in the Fenway area. The fens were then, and still were in 2007, a popular gay cruising area. It was always slightly disconcerting to cruise the fens, with the Prudential tower seemingly watching overhead.
Makes most sense if viewed as part of Coming Out/Northeast set
Red Line MBTA
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When I lived in Boston I typically worked in Cambridge and often used the Red Line for transportation.This is at the Charles River/MGH Station.
Harvard/Cambridge 3539
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Well, not the usual scene of Harvard, but the tower in the background is at Harvard and the Harvard boat house is just to the right. The river is the Charles.
Harvard 3518
Revere Beach 3502
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Like much of urban America, we seem to have lost something in the gentrifying of everything. In the 70's Revere Beach was a fairly rundown area that felt somewhat unsafe, but also erotic. While its much safer now, it seems to have lost its uniqueness.
Staten Island Ferry
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Though I never lived there, NYC became an integral part of my years in the Northeast. And, an integral part of NYC, was riding the Staten Island ferry -- riding the ferry and seeing the port traffic seemed to be a key part of my regaining the sense of the city as a center of international commerce.
New York Harbor
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From Staten Island Ferry.
Makes most sense if viewed as part of Coming Out/Northeast set
Statue of Liberty: Is the flame still lit?
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We seem to have forgotten the inscription on the Statue....
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Makes most sense if viewed as part of Coming Out/Northeast set
Tys Christopher Street
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In the 70's Christopher Street was a center of gay life (both in NYC and universally) and Tys bar was a key location in that. Gay life has largely moved elsewhere, but Tys still stands (see the sign past the pet shop).
Washington Square
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Urban life in NYC seems to have become almost too safe. When I was regularly in NYC in the 70's and early 80's, Washington Square was a thriving mix of political protest, NYU students, street people, upscale residents of the area walking their dogs, and the homeless. Not terribly safe feeling, but very alive. While very much safer feeling now, it doesn't seem to have that old energy
NYSE 3654a
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The New York Stock Exchange, on Wall Street. Look closely at the frieze -- America being built by hard, industrious, labor. Seems odd considering that Wall street was killing the value of labor when this picture was taken.
Rockefeller Center 3677
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Interesting detail -- the portrayal of workers, working in close proximity and using modern technology for that time (note the phone, keyboard, camera, and adding machine), but all are looking outward seemingly working towards something outside of themselves.
Best viewed as part of Coming Out/Northeast set
Coney Island 3660
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