Yesterday's Vanishing New York had an interview with Adrian Goycoolea, the great-nephew of Quentin Crisp. Goycoolea's current installation (on view through tomorrow) is a re-creation of Crisp's East Third Street apartment. This took me back to early days in New York, when it was a great thrill to be only two blocks from Mr. C. Seeing him about the neighborhood always gave the day more of a brave dazzle. The V. New York piece led me to the Quentin Crisp archives & a whole host of Youtube videos, including a 1970 World in Action portrait, showing Quentin in his pre-New York digs. Here's the first part:
