another post about buildings, film and music

I think this may be the first car photo I’ve shot in Manhattan. A sweet Chevrolet El Camino. Shown here parked on Bleecker Street in front of the Washington Square Village apartment complex that was built in the late 50’s. Across the street from the apartments was the famous Bleecker Street Cinema seen below in a shot taken sometime in the 60’s. It closed in 1990 and the first film on the last night was Aki Kaurismäki‘s Ariel. Speaking of the El Camino, The Black Keys titled their 2011 album, El Camino featuring a Plymouth Voyager van on the cover framed in a very familiar way. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. 

The Bleecker Street Cinema, located on Bleecker near LaGuardia Place (photo: Robert Otter)