Madonna just wandered along like everyone else. I recognized her as the girl who went to my gym—as the girl who would sit around naked longest in the locker room. Now that I think back on it, how could either of us have afforded a gym membership? She still had a last name at that point, and when I told her I worked for the Voice, she said, "Oh, that's so funny. They're reviewing my first single this week."That's Amy Arbus, talking about one of her most famous "On The Street" photos. A full slideshow is over at The Morning News. If you want to spend some time reminiscing about what a fucking awesome place New York City — specifically, the East Village — was back when you were wasting your life sitting in some suburban rec room watching He-Man, head on over there and look at the pictures, cause that's the closest you're ever going to get.
On The Street by Amy Arbus [TMN]
