I saw this on John Cale's Facebook page (via Tim Broun) this morning, and cannot resist sharing. Here's the immaculately cool pair of John Cale and the late Lou Reed, walking south on Fifth Avenue between 43rd and 42nd. Not sure of photographer or year, unfortunately.
ADDENDUM: Thanks to the Manhattan Before 1990 Facebook page, I can report that this photograph was taken by Joel Meyerowitz, who writes:
I've been looking for this picture for days, ever since I heard about Lou Reed's death. I shot it in 1968 on 5th ave, just casual shot of an interesting looking guy, only to discover later on that it was Lou Reed and John Cale.
I can only imagine that they're walking downtown/home from The Factory which was located on 47th St. between 2nd & 3rd Ave.
Posted by: URL Brenner | November 14, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Wonderful shot !
Thank you for sharing
GA
Posted by: greg | November 15, 2013 at 10:05 AM
I sent that image a few days ago to Bob at Popspots, so stay tuned there. Also, they were either on their way to, or coming back from a doing a show with Tom Wilson at WABC-FM.
Check out the threads, jive turkey: http://werksman.home.xs4all.nl/cale/img/cale_reed_wilson.jpg
Posted by: GG Allin | November 15, 2013 at 10:19 PM
Hi Alex,
They are on FIfth Ave just below the southwest corner of 43rd Street walking south. I think it was 1968 from what several photos are tagged.
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Posted by: Bob Egan | December 05, 2013 at 12:09 PM