Ken Schles: Invisible City and Night Walk take a look at life in the East Village during the 1980s (PHOTOS).

This New York City Neighborhood Was “Invisible” in the ’80s

When Ken Schles’ book Invisible City was published in 1988, it quickly sold out. Schles even had trouble finding a copy of his collection of…

via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/03/01/ken_schles_invisible_city_and_night_walk_take_a_look_at_life_in_the_east.html

When Ken Schles’ book Invisible City was published in 1988, it quickly sold out. Schles even had trouble finding a copy of his collection of black-and-white photographs of Manhattan’s East Village—he had to ask a clerk at the St. Mark’s bookstore for help.