My friend and fellow crazed location-spotter Chung Wong posted an amazing image this morning, that being the one above of John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten….it seems rather laborious to point that out at this late stage of the proceedings, but whatever) posing in front of the old New Yorker Hotel on 8th Avenue at 34th Street circa 1983. This portrait was snapped in signature style by the great Anton Corbijn.
If I’m not mistaken, this was probably taken by Corbijn around the same era of the wider shot below, albeit snapped from the other side of the Hudson River, placing Lydon in … Hoboken?? Seems like a strange place for him to be.
Regarding the first photo (the erstwhile Sex Pistol on 34th Street), that put him back in the same neighborhood I was scouring a couple of weeks back when I was searching for the Strokes’ loading dock. A further Google search brought up this third image from Corbijn, purportedly taken on May 28, 1983 for the NME.
Am I mistaken, or is Lydon holding a French horn over his crotch?
Much like the Strokes’ spot, this tiny patch of real estate — probably somewhere in Hell’s Kitchen — seems like a strenuously unlikely spot to find. Anyone?
Here’s a bit of Lydon circa `83.
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