A review by oceanwalk
St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street by Ada Calhoun

5.0

A wonderful look at the entire history of one of New York's most famous and infamous streets. This book goes literally from the beginning of civilization along where St. Mark's would be, to 2014. Every era is filled with a fantastic cast of characters, some so ridiculous, you'll wonder how they can be real. If there's a theme though, it's that change in NYC is constant but the spirit of places like St. Mark's endures, calling generation after generation.