The August 1984 edition of monthly downtown arts newspaper the East Village Eye featured a cover story on Lou Reed timed to the release of his New Sensations LP.
The article includes this photo of a cool-looking Reed taken in front of an anonymous pizza shop somewhere in New York City, with a great chalkboard menu beside him (“veal and peppers parm $4.75”).
A very close look reveals a phone number under “Free Delivery.” And that number turns out to still belong to . . . Big Nick’s Burger and Pizza Joint at Broadway and 77th Street.
Ephemeral New York 