Dude, he's totally polishing his knob! Huh, huh...huh...huh

That apartment door is HUUUUGE

i hope this starts a resurgence in the lost art of door coverings.

Before, Arial.

Love this film. Especially the lack of protective gear and inadequate ventilation

Bowery Boogie posted this back last summer

http://www.boweryboogie.com/20...

I love that they are using highly toxic and probably flammable chemicals indoors without any kind of protection. Ah, the 50's... "You want cigarettes on that sandwich?"

Yay for cancer!

1950's PSA's didn't lie.

Anyone seen Jill lately? She still got those fantastic set of stems?

They should have just gone to Ikea.

And miss out on buying paint from the most nefarious looking man in the world?!? I don't think so.

ie his "paint dealer"

Good catch.

That building cannot possibly have an apartment with that layout, fwiw.

At the time, the "East Village" was considered part of the LES[the part north of Houston and south of E14th St.], before some real estate agents decided to lure artists and hippies priced out of the newly-gentrified West Village [then referred to as Greenwich Village], with the perception that this part of the LES was the western equivalent of "The Village", much as East Williamsburg is really part of Bushwick and SpaHa is really SPAnish HArlem.

Actually, re: East Williamsburg, no. The area (east of Bushwick Ave, north of Flushing) has been referred to as East Williamsburg for decades (at least), long before Williamsburg got gentrified. Bushwick has always been south of Flushing. Although, it's true that it's the same dynamic at work when people call the Morgan stop area (and areas even further west than that) Bushwick; they are expanding the borders of Bushwick because it's "cooler."

actually the "lower east side" went further north than 14th st if I am not mistaken.  I overheard a walking tour last summer and the guide was explaing the exact thing you mentioned. 

Trust me, except for one mediocre cafe and perhaps one fish-out-of-water broker, no one has used 'SpaHa' unironically since 2008.