Jesse Jarnow

The short-lived venue on Second Avenue is now a bank, but Graham's mark there remains.

Featuring nearly 150 different songs over eight shows, this year’s Hanukkah included five drummers, two mentalists, one ballpark organist, one reunion, and tons of surprise guests.

Its glamorous artifice remains gaudy, chaotic, and seedy in all the most modern and terrifying ways.

Alongside 'Times Square Red, Times Square Blue'’s handjobs, there are both provocative arguments and charmingly observed tidbits of lore and history—like the fact that 35mm films disappeared from porn theaters by 1986.

It’s been a turbulent year at the corner of Second Avenue and St. Marks Place.

'It's not as eccentric as the '80s, but if you want to see a true representation of what culture looks like, come late at night.'

Max was a daily presence in our lives during those years, as the Morgan Avenue stop transformed around us from an industrial park into an extreme model of Brooklyn gentrification.