A walk from the Meatmarket to the Piers on a lovely spring afternoon in 1988. Video by Nelson Sullivan
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@_Miss_Mary6 жыл бұрын
Nelson you took the words out of my mouth " No Rhonda, that wouldn't be funny"...... Blackout liked you for a reason! You were so empathetic to everyone including the animals. That makes my heart happy.
@joloughlin5776 жыл бұрын
Blackout is so beautiful and had such a wonderful walk. Made me feel happy seeing his tail wag with delight when he got to play with a friend. And when he looked up so lovingly at Nelson at the end of the pier my eyes got watery. Two sweethearts and best friends. ❤️
@lillyrocks20116 жыл бұрын
Love Blackout, I love to take walks with dogs, with my dog. I think Blackout missed Nelson too much after he died. I hope both are well and in complete happiness, taking many walks together.
@queenbee19843 жыл бұрын
I love that Nelson understood and cared for animal’s feelings and well-being
@rupviv10 жыл бұрын
So much to see: Blackout, Rhonda, Twin Towers and a very handsome, youthful-looking Nelson! Thanks for sharing, jg
@silverose12094 жыл бұрын
@Robert Ward That is Nelson at 5:14.
@erikalynnpennella26673 жыл бұрын
He really was handsome! He had a lot of different looks right...
@jpolar3944 жыл бұрын
RIP Nelson and Blackout, both of you were winners. 👌👍
@amyyngsdal89826 жыл бұрын
Blackout is such a good dog!!! RIP Nelson and Blackout. 💜
@TS-qq7vr5 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Blackout had died too! 😢
@why-is-this-handle--a-thing4 жыл бұрын
@@TS-qq7vr bro, blackout's been around since at least the late 70s or the early 80s. iirc nelson's first blog video in 83 starts off with him and 2 of his pets, blackout and douglas.
@TS-qq7vr4 жыл бұрын
@@why-is-this-handle--a-thing: So he is still living? Cool!
@why-is-this-handle--a-thing4 жыл бұрын
@@TS-qq7vr i wish.
@troy2000me2 жыл бұрын
@@TS-qq7vr How long do you think dogs live my dude. This was over 30 years ago.
@dixienormous69693 жыл бұрын
I absolutely looooooove the way Nelson spoke!!! I could listen to him all day. I am so beyond grateful to be able to see your videos, I hope to one day visit your beautiful home & pay my respects to you for creating something like this & recording this New York, a New York I never got to experience & will never experience. No one else was doing it Nelson & you did it, many people thought you were odd to record everything & yourself, like you said in the "McDonald's Outlaw Party" video, the people in the restaurant you were in kept asking you questions about why you record everything & yourself & you said how awful it was that they kept asking you that.. Oh, Nelson.. I am sooooooo happy you didn't let anyone stop you. It took a lot of guts to be recording in those times especially with a giant camera but you did it & now so many people around the world love you & your memories. I'm writing on here like you're gonna see this hahaha but I just wanted to let this all out because I really do admire you, I'm in awe of you. So genuine & so sweet you were. Love you, always.
@dennybenz58467 жыл бұрын
Oh goodness nelson is so handsome. So nice seeing some video him for a change.
@lillyrocks20116 жыл бұрын
Maritza Aponte I think so, too. I think he was a very handsome guy. I'd have like to hang out with him, I think it would be really fun, and relaxed at the same time.
@Iworkwithnitwits3 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to do a mural of Nelson Sullivan in the meatpacking district.
@ricarellan2 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@April235E Жыл бұрын
And include Blackjack
@Rosesyoutube7 жыл бұрын
What Nelson was saying is very interesting. I hate when people don't care about history. Or dog safety for that matter
@dennybenz58467 жыл бұрын
He was one in a million. I wish he was still alive. But his spirit and videos live on.
@ariannapac65355 жыл бұрын
He left us treasure
@dixienormous69693 жыл бұрын
@@ariannapac6535 he was a treasure 🗿
@fordxbgtfalcon2 жыл бұрын
He was one in a billion. A true pioneer and a genuine loving soul.
@Ligaya19806 жыл бұрын
Nelson and Blackout had such a loving bond💚🌟
@brentaudi935410 жыл бұрын
Great Capture! Great sights of NY! Blackout was a great fella. Love Nelson's hair in this video!
@Skaterbun7 жыл бұрын
Jon is so quiet and different to Lahoma, I love them both.
@Twinklez633 жыл бұрын
@@peregrino9154 Absolutely
@boop49043 жыл бұрын
So Rhonda thought it’d be fun to try to get Blackout to chase a stick into a hole in the pier from which there’d be no escape, and Jon thought it was fun to throw water in his face?? Nelson called them both out on their insensitivity. Such a kind and sweet man. And they were kind of assholes, at least as far as Blackout was concerned. Got it. 👍
@Twinklez633 жыл бұрын
👍
@amyishere676 жыл бұрын
Twin towers in the background and some interesting history about the piers from a handsome Nelson. Great video
@LaurenOliviArt3 жыл бұрын
Memories of time passed. Beautiful
@johnniejohnson23293 жыл бұрын
Nealson is a homeboy from Kershaw South Carolina me and my dad used to drive by Aunt Nancy house when we went fishing God bless you nelson and blackout
@davidaguilera64965 жыл бұрын
Michael Alig was so infamous in NYC in the 80’s that his name was just casually spray painted on the walls lol
@TS-qq7vr4 жыл бұрын
8:11 Angel's body in the box
@deannalopez61583 жыл бұрын
He died of an overdose on 12/24/20
@00andrescab003 жыл бұрын
My mom cam to NYC in 86. She tells me stories about her youth, her hopes, fears, what and who she loved back then, of the city now gone, and how much she loved. She still loves it here. But, its more of that nostalgic love. I feel like I inherited it from her. I was born in 89, way too late to catch any of this during my coming of age years. I love walking these streets, not so much for what they represent now, but for what they use to. I imagine my youthful mom running around, living, getting to know people, the city. I grow more nostalgic for a city that doesn't exist anymore.
@nikkisinclaire41853 жыл бұрын
I’m from England, 1988 was my first visit to NYC as a naive 🌈20yo . Fell in love with it and been back 50/60 times since. That fabulous buzz the city had in the 80s is long gone with major help from Gulianni 😢
@Nadtochy10 жыл бұрын
Always love new videos, thank you!
@mrmikeyd24 жыл бұрын
I feel so sorry for young people today living in cities all over the country...everything is so gentrified and greedy until you can't be poor and creative and live in anything resembling dignity...you have to be a corporate cog to survive the high cost of living...this is somehow supposed to be progress???? I am glad I was young when I was young...these poor robots today are never going to know what being young and free is
@drinkingpoolwater3 жыл бұрын
it’s callled neoliberalism
@UnCannyValley673 жыл бұрын
Watching these videos makes me yearn to have an afternoon with these real New Yorkers. Just a perfect day Drink sangria in the park And then later, when it gets dark We go home Just a perfect day Feed animals in the zoo Then later a movie, too And then home Oh, it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spent it with you Oh, such a perfect day You just keep me hanging on You just keep me hanging on Just a perfect day Problems all left alone Weekenders on our own It's such fun Just a perfect day You made me forget myself I thought I was someone else Someone good Oh, it's such a perfect day I'm glad I spent it with you Oh,…
@tomgraham32066 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Sad those piers are gone now. I visited NYC a few years ago and I think I remember that bit...it was boring park/concrete walkways?
@manfocused Жыл бұрын
Love Blackout! Lol. Aww man, do I remember these days. The Meatpacking District looked more dangerous than it actually was back then. I always felt safe down there, and had so much fun. I never thought that it would become the expensive, glitzy neighborhood that it is today.
@LaurenOliviArt3 жыл бұрын
I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone else film Nelson!!! Love this perspective
@nelsonsullivanhd99082 жыл бұрын
There's a video where he goes to his job at patelsons and the owner films him for a few seconds. It's a special few moments as they are both notable people who are now gone.
@j-a-k95852 жыл бұрын
I love you black out miss you
@jennytaylor41656 жыл бұрын
What a great walkabout. Those piers look Victorian.
@TheMjm552 жыл бұрын
Things like passing a building with "Michael Alig (heart) Keoki" spray-painted on it is the kind of thing I live for in these videos.
@gv-can47182 жыл бұрын
Love that little hop/skip/walk Blackout does 😂❤️😇
@sadiebellabee5 жыл бұрын
His eye for getting a good shot was impeccable for a rookie photographer.
@dennybenz58467 жыл бұрын
Black out was an active dog for his age. Eating wood LOL.
@deannalopez61583 жыл бұрын
I love you Nelson Sullivan!!
@jesusenriquerivas56835 жыл бұрын
OMG.... I miss That New york era
@dennybenz58467 жыл бұрын
Yes nelson if you were still alive you will see the gentrification now in New York, boring boring boring..
@DavidKarlsson-ti6sb3 жыл бұрын
His friends don't seem very nice. But I do love Nelson and Blackout.
@Gaish3 жыл бұрын
jon (lahoma) is literally the sweetest person in all of nelson's vlogs. maybe check some more videos out of him and nelson. he's very endearing
@discounderground64812 жыл бұрын
@@Gaish You are right !
@stevengallant63632 жыл бұрын
@@Gaish so is rhonda! Rhonda is beautiful inside and out.. apparently she's still alive living in Upstate New York
@goch1s3 жыл бұрын
blackout is so beautiful
@69venadoify10 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. I was 17 that summer and was down by the river often. What a flashback. Is it true that Rhonda passed away last year? I remember seeing Jon W around then. Is he still in NYC?
@nelsonsullivanhd99082 жыл бұрын
Nope, that's not true. Rhonda is still living and is currently traveling across the country via bus/rv. Jon Witherspoon was last spotted at the Nelson exhibit at Fort Gansevoort in 2017 I believe.
@video4098 жыл бұрын
Those piers are gone now it all park space
@way2muchNFO4 жыл бұрын
He looks like JFK Junior from the side at the end
@dennybenz58467 жыл бұрын
So sad that black out died one year after, i do hope who ever had him took good care of him. Seeing this video Rhonda was daring to see if blackout would jump in that gap/hole and nelson did not find it funny. So sad ... poor blackout.
@boop49043 жыл бұрын
The difference between Nelson and Rhonda was huge there.
@Twinklez633 жыл бұрын
Well Jon throwing water over Blackout s head shows who he is too. Sux. Poor Blackout.
@discounderground64812 жыл бұрын
Lahoma, Larry T and RuPaul took care of Blackout and the 2 cats after Nelson died.
@TOPOTWO4 жыл бұрын
The dog looks so happy
@Frankie3434 жыл бұрын
Blackout is so cute 😁
@kennandersen68156 жыл бұрын
Those piers were the place for action after dark!
@skipads51413 жыл бұрын
....and that's why we no longer have piers for people to enjoy any more. A few people always ruin it for others.
@J1gtbfanpage4 жыл бұрын
Love to see this west side highway back then
@westonbowers739 жыл бұрын
love these videos so much, how did u get your hands on these?
@kennandersen68156 жыл бұрын
nelsonsullivan.com/index.html
@Twinklez633 жыл бұрын
Omg Blackout makes me so happy 😍
@Danny-bg8kz Жыл бұрын
The Michael Alig graffiti on the wall😮
@Handiman5446 жыл бұрын
Was this before NY became unaffordable?
@lillyrocks20116 жыл бұрын
J kK Yes, or gentrified. Like is happening the same sadly with several European cities. :-/
@devinsuni5 жыл бұрын
Everything is unaffordable now
@TS-qq7vr5 жыл бұрын
When it was an economic disaster shithole.
@mixedhairless10 жыл бұрын
thanks i miss NY
@ferrari250lm4 жыл бұрын
Nice CRX. I had one like that 😀
@cosmokramer19876 жыл бұрын
Nelson Would've hated new New York.
@pamdewall45886 жыл бұрын
Rants from the laundry room. Blackout didnt know hate.so he wouldnt have
@cyndykated3584 жыл бұрын
Blackout had a lot of adventures!
@shellywhy79377 жыл бұрын
love her outfit
@NinaCyra6 жыл бұрын
Shelly Why shoulder pads are giving me life 😍
@l.l.98066 жыл бұрын
Me too look
@chax20044 жыл бұрын
The only thing that is constant is change.
@Lisa-ps2rv4 жыл бұрын
My 5th birthday.
@stevengallant63632 жыл бұрын
45 years ago today.. July 13th 1977... the New York blackout
@dennybenz58467 жыл бұрын
Where is lahoma and Rhonda now a days anyone know? I am sure they watch these videos if they are around
@bartolomeestebanmurillo44596 жыл бұрын
From what I googled, Lahoma still lives in NYC retired his stage name years ago.
@SJF153 жыл бұрын
Is that what is now the Jane Hotel @1:39?
@devingademan3 ай бұрын
Yes, 113 Jane St.
@matthewmwalker3 жыл бұрын
Florent!!!
@patterson47635 ай бұрын
I can tell blackout had qui a bit of age on him in this video. Appears to be part Irish setter
@Ihuffglue9110 жыл бұрын
0:30 Michael Alig
@SusieSynth7 жыл бұрын
Will oh wow that's cool!
@MOTHATALKS5 жыл бұрын
Why is it because hes a convicted murderer
@TS-qq7vr5 жыл бұрын
Nelson with big hair!
@drinkingpoolwater3 жыл бұрын
michael aligs name on the wall. wow.
@TS-qq7vr4 жыл бұрын
8:11 Angel's body pieces in the box after Michael Alig threw it in the Hudson. 0:29...
@madtingz22886 жыл бұрын
Oh wow the twin towers in the back, I live for these videos
@Antny.255 жыл бұрын
Wow, crazy "michaelalig♡keoki" 0:32
@drewkatchen8054 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's a real treat to see.
@chax20044 жыл бұрын
The pier is now a driving range.
@mrmikeyd24 жыл бұрын
how sad
@polyconcave4 жыл бұрын
Bodies floating in boxes sure were a thing in those times.
@harrymonk65 жыл бұрын
Aids is the blame here
@l.l.98066 жыл бұрын
How he die so young
@Antny.255 жыл бұрын
Heart attack 😩😰
@jameslaumand36862 жыл бұрын
Hmmm was Rhonda a man I wounder
@stevengallant63632 жыл бұрын
Watch more of Nelson's videos and you shall find out