SoHo Blues

A Personal Photographic Journal of New York City in the 1970s and early 1980s by Allan Tannenbaum

Chief Photographer of the SoHo Weekly News

Photographs ©2001 Allan Tannenbaum

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The Tubes' Fee Waybill in a girl sandwich at the Bottom Line, NYC, 11/75<br>0834-13<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Hollywood star John Travolta promoting 'Saturday Night Fever', NYC, 3/10/77<br>1445-20<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Participants in an exhibit with the theme of neckties get naked at the Tower Gallery, NYC, 1/75<br>0458-07<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Best-selling author Tom Wolfe in his traditional white suit.<br>NYC 6/75<br>0662-32<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Pop artist Tom Wesselman canoes with his daughter at his upstate New York home.<br>New York USA 8/74<br>0267-23<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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The Cure gets caught on Columbus Ave.<br>NYC 4/11/80<br>3002-27<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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The Clash after a press conference announcing a concerts in New York<br>NYC 5/27/81<br>3468-9<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Hollywood star Susan Sarandon starring in 'King of the Gypsies'.<br>NYC 4/7/78<br>2079-31<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Actors Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder in &quotSuperman", 7/7/77, NYC<br><br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Performance Artist Steven Varble on West Broadway and Spring Streets, SoHo, NYC, 5/75<br>0616-36<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Steve Martin<br><br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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A Trekkie at the first Star Trek convention exhibits Sci-Fi writer Isaac Asimov's autograph on her breasts, NYC, 2/74<br>0066-24<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Performance artists dangle from a SoHo fire escape<br><br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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The boxer Snooks at Gleason's Gym reads about Nixon and Watergate<br>NYC 8/74<br>0279-18<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver in costume for 'Lusitania'<br>NYC 3/23/81<br>3408-25<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious under arrest for the murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen, NYC, 10/12/78<br>2320-30<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Punk fashion at Studio 54, Halloween Party, 10/31/77<br>1845-36<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Country singer Ronee Blakely starred in Robert Altman's 'Nashville'.<br>NYC 3/3/78<br>2021-06<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of <br>New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Future President Ronald Reagan at the Waldorf 9/28/78 NYC<br>2298-17<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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The Rolling Stones perform on a flatbed truck in Greenwich Village to promote their upcoming tour, NYC, 5/75<br>0624-19<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Comedian Rodney Dangerfield with his dog Keno in his Upper East Side apartment.<br>NYC 1/11/79<br>2441-13<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Film director Robert Altman relaxes in his Upper West Side apartment after releasing 'Nashville.'<br>NYC 4/6/77<br>1494-27<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Men who attacked gays in Central Park Rambles under arrest, NYC, 7/13/78<br>2213-27<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Queen Elizabeth II visiting Bloomingdales' during America's Bicentennial celebrations, NYC, 7/76<br>1171-18<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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The late Wendy O. Williams making a video with her band, The Plasmatics, in a west side meat locker.<br>NYC 7/22/80<br>3126-35<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Off-duty cops participating in a PBA demo scuffle with police in Times Square, NYC, 10/06/76<br>1274-11<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Up and coming punk poet and rock star Patti Smith drops her undies on a SoHo rooftop.<br>NYC 7/74<br>0264-27<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull at The Mudd Club, NYC, 2/10/80<br>2935-04<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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An old car crosses Broome St. at Mercer St., SoHo 12/31/73<br>0020-08<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Football star O.J. Simpson as a &quotConehead" on Saturday Night Live, 2/20/78 NYC<br>2008-06<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious girlfriend Nancy Spungen's body is carried from the Chelsea Hotel, NYC, 10/12/78<br>2320-20<br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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Rock Suicide night at The Mudd Club, NYC<br><br>From SoHo Blues - A Personal Photographic Diary of New York City in the 1970s by SoHo Weekly News chief photographer Allan Tannenbaum
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