Mar 31, 2015 · See classic photos of the Lower East Side’s ‘90s squatter population. Photographer Ash Thayer’s images of a more Bohemian Manhattan reveal New York life in an …

Jul 12, 2016 · In the 1970s, a massive downturn famously brought New York City close to bankruptcy. Landlords failed to pay property taxes and abandoned their buildings, even some …

Jan 16, 2023 · From the late 1970s through the 1990s, dozens of abandoned New York buildings were taken over by city residents in need of housing. The movement’s center was the Lower …

Mar 18, 2015 · Now, a new book of photographs titled Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992-2000 by Ash Thayer, is taking a rare look back at these downtown squat communities.

Mar 19, 2015 · Manhattan’s Lower East Side has drastically transformed in the past few decades: punk club CBGB is now a John Varvatos; mom-and-pop bodegas have been replaced by …

Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992–2000 is a photography book by Ash Thayer, documenting the squatting scene in New York City's Lower East Side in the 1990s. Kill City …

Sep 8, 2017 · One such squatter who found solace in this once distinct downtown enclave was photographer Ash Thayer who came to the city in the early ’90s to enroll at the School of …

Jul 14, 2016 · In the 1970s, a massive downturn famously brought New York City close to bankruptcy. Landlords failed to pay property taxes and abandoned their buildings, even some …

Mar 17, 2015 · It’s strange to think of the 1990s as a bygone era, but artist and photographer Ash Thayer’s new book Kill City: Lower East Side Squatters 1992-2000 shows a New York that …

Oct 28, 2013 · Like many young people from rural parts of the United States, photographer Ash Thayer arrived in New York City in the mid 1990s to attend art school and pursue her dreams. …