The Blondie Puzzle: SOLVED

Okay, so after yesterday’s revelation from photographer Roberta Bayley that the above shot of Blondie’s Clem Burke, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein (and friends, including Punk Magazine’s Legs McNeil) was taken “somewhere in Chelsea over in the West 20s,” Chung Wong over on the Manhattan Before 1990 Facebook group weighed back in with the following postulation.

This one is a good candidate ....311 10th Ave at 28th St...two window sills at right spot, 2nd window exact match, external extension at right spot, line below windows at right spot....but no background building by the High Line for comparison. The more i look at this one, the more i think this is the right spot.

So, this afternoon --  in lieu of Christmas shopping -- I took a soggy stroll over to that neck of the woods, and I’m now firmly of the opinion that Chung’s got it right. See photographic findings below.

Here, once again, is the original photo...

Here's the corner Chung's suggesting today... West 28th & 10th Avenue...

Here's the hotly contested little window...

Here's a wider pan of the corner in question...

Here's the mysterious background shed....

All told, I'm convinced that this is indeed the original corner...

That's nice, and all....but that still doesn't explain where these shots below were taken....

Anyway, good work, rock sleuths! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!