The images provide a rare and intimate inside look at a vanished world, populated by the men of the lost Meatpacking District, now an exclusive zone of glitz, supermodels, and multi-millionaires. In grainy black and white, in bloody smocks, the men horse around, sharpen their knives, cut meat--and drink coffee from the Sweet Corner Cafe, where girls danced topless during breakfast (the address also housed infamous gay bar The Toilet and Lee's Mardi Gras shop for crossdressers--it's now the Gaslight Lounge).
Ovaduke told me, "These photos were really just meant to be a personal remembrance for me. I never planned on doing anything with them." But now he has done something, and we can all enjoy them. Here's a handful, along with the photographer's casual captions:
A co-worker, standing on the corner of 14th street and 9th Avenue...looking north. The Apple store is now at this location.
Sweet Corner Cafe...breakfast and lunch...and topless dancers...
you can see the Sweet Corner Cafe on the right....
"Big Jeff" (R.I.P.) he was the..umm..."security"...when shoplifters were caught (and there were many)...he determined what "sentence" they would get....right behind him is where the Apple super-store now stands...
This guy was one of 4 people who hit lotto in '78...he was the "cashier" at Frankies...his take was
$600k...
"Pocket Protector"...Barretta 950 single-action .25 Jetfire
Abby, Ace, Shorty, Danny, Columbo
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