This address has had a long and colorful history in New York. Commissioned by Emigrant Savings Bank, I created nine hand-colored gelatin-silver print collages using old photographs, advertisements, posters and other assorted materials and memorabilia acquired from public archives and individual collectors. The series begins with the building's 36-year run as the Loew's Commodore movie palace which opened in 1926, followed by the Yiddish Village Theatre, the legendary Fillmore East and, in the 1980's, a sate-of-the-art discotheque and gay nightclub known as The Saint.
The collages are on permanent display at 105 Second Avenue, New York City, now an Apple Bank branch..
The collages are on permanent display at 105 Second Avenue, New York City, now an Apple Bank branch..
