The Clayton Patterson Show

11.26.18

Clayton is joined by members of 501 crew to recount their experiences in the 70s, 80s and 90s in the Lower East Side. From their relationships with the Allen Boys (OS was a junior-Allen boy who switched to 501), to the formulation of 501, to their individual experiences in the NY prison system & more. OS 501, as well as other members of 501, were prolific graffiti writers across the city. His work, along with the 501 crew's work will be up at The Vandal Hour fourth anniversary exhibition this week.

11.26.18

Clayton is joined by members of 501 crew to recount their experiences in the 70s, 80s and 90s in the Lower East Side. From their relationships with the Allen Boys (OS was a junior-Allen boy who switched to 501), to the formulation of 501, to their individual experiences in the NY prison system & more. OS 501, as well as other members of 501, were prolific graffiti writers across the city. His work, along with the 501 crew's work will be up at The Vandal Hour fourth anniversary exhibition this week.

11.19.18

Clayton is joined by documentary filmmaker, Jack Wesley Friedman. Friedman is a fifth-generation New Yorker and creator of "The Cobble Stone Wars", a mini-series documentary on NYC's underworld circa 1900. The documentary details the history of Manhattan that existed in between The Five Points and the emergence of the Mob. The period in the early 1900s is described by Friedman as "the birth of the American Gangster", and the first installment of The Cobble Stone Wars series centers around Monk Eastman -- a Jewish gang leader who ran organized crime on the Lower East Side. Friedman's documentary uncovers members, like Eastman, of the city's underworld that are largely forgotten in the landscape of NYC gang history.

The Cobble Stone Wars Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/thecobblestonewars/?hl=en

11.19.18

Clayton is joined by documentary filmmaker, Jack Wesley Friedman. Friedman is a fifth-generation New Yorker and creator of "The Cobble Stone Wars", a mini-series documentary on NYC's underworld circa 1900. The documentary details the history of Manhattan that existed in between The Five Points and the emergence of the Mob. The period in the early 1900s is described by Friedman as "the birth of the American Gangster", and the first installment of The Cobble Stone Wars series centers around Monk Eastman -- a Jewish gang leader who ran organized crime on the Lower East Side. Friedman's documentary uncovers members, like Eastman, of the city's underworld that are largely forgotten in the landscape of NYC gang history.

The Cobble Stone Wars Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/thecobblestonewars/?hl=en

11.19.18

Clayton is joined by documentary filmmaker, Jack Wesley Friedman. Friedman is a fifth-generation New Yorker and creator of "The Cobble Stone Wars", a mini-series documentary on NYC's underworld circa 1900. The documentary details the history of Manhattan that existed in between The Five Points and the emergence of the Mob. The period in the early 1900s is described by Friedman as "the birth of the American Gangster", and the first installment of The Cobble Stone Wars series centers around Monk Eastman -- a Jewish gang leader who ran organized crime on the Lower East Side. Friedman's documentary uncovers members, like Eastman, of the city's underworld that are largely forgotten in the landscape of NYC gang history.

The Cobble Stone Wars Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/thecobblestonewars/?hl=en

11.12.18

Clayton is joined by NY street photographer and documentarian, Efrain Gonzalez. Gonzalez, like Clayton, has taken thousands of photographs documenting Lower Manhattan in the 70s,80s,90s and on. While Patterson's area of work was primarily the Lower East Side -- Gonzalez has a massive photo archive of the West Side of Lower Manhattan, known as the Meatpacking District. While both neighborhoods have changed drastically over the past 40 years, the Meatpacking district has perhaps changed more than any other neighborhood. Gonzalez and Patterson discuss the underground tattoo and piercing world of New York City, inspirations in their work as photographers, and much more.

Check Efrain's work out on www.hellfirepress.com

Text from Gothamist article on Gonzalez:

http://gothamist.com/2014/03/24/photos_efrain_gonzalez_chronicled_n.php#photo-1

The whole area of the West Side Highway between Christopher St. and 14th St. was the sex workers' domain; they would work there at night...If you drove your car up the West Side Highway, they would be walking up the street, flashing parts of their bodies.

New York City photographer Efrain John Gonzalez says he's "not a professional photographer, just OCD." He describes his work as telling "a story of people finding the path to their souls, finding their bliss with piercings, branding, cuttings, tattoos, latex, implants, leather, and a whole lot of radical sex and sexuality." Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, while working various jobs (including driving a cab), Gonzalez took thousands of photographs of New York's seedier nightlife, at bars, restaurants, and sex clubs in the Meatpacking District and the West Village.

"These were abandoned areas," he told us, "There was nothing there. You could photograph it and make interesting pictures. All the places and people and organizations that I used to photograph are all gone, so what I'm trying to do now is find some way to use, and make public, these images." Gothamist is proud to publish a small selection of Gonzalez' photographs, alongside his reminiscences of what he photographed.

11.12.18

Clayton is joined by NY street photographer and documentarian, Efrain Gonzalez. Gonzalez, like Clayton, has taken thousands of photographs documenting Lower Manhattan in the 70s,80s,90s and on. While Patterson's area of work was primarily the Lower East Side -- Gonzalez has a massive photo archive of the West Side of Lower Manhattan, known as the Meatpacking District. While both neighborhoods have changed drastically over the past 40 years, the Meatpacking district has perhaps changed more than any other neighborhood. Gonzalez and Patterson discuss the underground tattoo and piercing world of New York City, inspirations in their work as photographers, and much more.

Check Efrain's work out on www.hellfirepress.com

Text from Gothamist article on Gonzalez:

http://gothamist.com/2014/03/24/photos_efrain_gonzalez_chronicled_n.php#photo-1

The whole area of the West Side Highway between Christopher St. and 14th St. was the sex workers' domain; they would work there at night...If you drove your car up the West Side Highway, they would be walking up the street, flashing parts of their bodies.

New York City photographer Efrain John Gonzalez says he's "not a professional photographer, just OCD." He describes his work as telling "a story of people finding the path to their souls, finding their bliss with piercings, branding, cuttings, tattoos, latex, implants, leather, and a whole lot of radical sex and sexuality." Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, while working various jobs (including driving a cab), Gonzalez took thousands of photographs of New York's seedier nightlife, at bars, restaurants, and sex clubs in the Meatpacking District and the West Village.

"These were abandoned areas," he told us, "There was nothing there. You could photograph it and make interesting pictures. All the places and people and organizations that I used to photograph are all gone, so what I'm trying to do now is find some way to use, and make public, these images." Gothamist is proud to publish a small selection of Gonzalez' photographs, alongside his reminiscences of what he photographed.

11.12.18

Clayton is joined by NY street photographer and documentarian, Efrain Gonzalez. Gonzalez, like Clayton, has taken thousands of photographs documenting Lower Manhattan in the 70s,80s,90s and on. While Patterson's area of work was primarily the Lower East Side -- Gonzalez has a massive photo archive of the West Side of Lower Manhattan, known as the Meatpacking District. While both neighborhoods have changed drastically over the past 40 years, the Meatpacking district has perhaps changed more than any other neighborhood. Gonzalez and Patterson discuss the underground tattoo and piercing world of New York City, inspirations in their work as photographers, and much more.

Check Efrain's work out on www.hellfirepress.com

Text from Gothamist article on Gonzalez:

http://gothamist.com/2014/03/24/photos_efrain_gonzalez_chronicled_n.php#photo-1

The whole area of the West Side Highway between Christopher St. and 14th St. was the sex workers' domain; they would work there at night...If you drove your car up the West Side Highway, they would be walking up the street, flashing parts of their bodies.

New York City photographer Efrain John Gonzalez says he's "not a professional photographer, just OCD." He describes his work as telling "a story of people finding the path to their souls, finding their bliss with piercings, branding, cuttings, tattoos, latex, implants, leather, and a whole lot of radical sex and sexuality." Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, while working various jobs (including driving a cab), Gonzalez took thousands of photographs of New York's seedier nightlife, at bars, restaurants, and sex clubs in the Meatpacking District and the West Village.

"These were abandoned areas," he told us, "There was nothing there. You could photograph it and make interesting pictures. All the places and people and organizations that I used to photograph are all gone, so what I'm trying to do now is find some way to use, and make public, these images." Gothamist is proud to publish a small selection of Gonzalez' photographs, alongside his reminiscences of what he photographed.

10.24.18

Produced by Adam Oyunge and Weston Priest

10.24.18

Produced by Adam Oyunge and Weston Priest