French fashion exec Gregoire Alessandrini has become a de facto chronicler of 1990s New York, when he was a film student student here and constantly toted around his camera. Having captured a seedier Times Square before the Giuliani-era cleanup in some evocative shots on his blog, New York in the 1990's Photo Archives, Alessandrini also turned his lens on the Meatpacking District. Before the High Line, before Pastis and the Gansevoort hotel, before the designer boutiques and the high-end art galleries, there were simply... butchers and meat distributors. And lots of litter. And graffiti that blanketed warehouses, dotted with the occasional lowbrow nightclub. See for yourselves.
· MEAT MARKET (Meatpacking District) 1990's [galessandrini.blogspot.fr]
· New York in the 1990's Photo Archives [galessandrini.blogspot.fr]
· A Seedier Times Square, Captured As 90s Demolition Loomed [Curbed]
· More Flashbacks coverage [Curbed]
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