These are a handful of scans from the east coast issue of Big Brother from 1998. The others are from the east coast based, short-lived, Strength magazine, from 1996, which was essentially a culmination of a bunch of people’s interests compiled into a publication. Seriously. There are sections in it where the writers unembarrassingly describe how they underwent freestyle and beatboxing sessions in their hotel rooms on tour. Thankfully, being born in the late-80s and coming of age during an era of Cash Money/No Limit and Jay-Z dominance allowed me to surpass an entire time that may have lead me to think beatboxing was actually cool.

1. This is a rather brief and conventionally non-sensical write-up by Dave Carnie regarding the New York stop on the Big Brother east coast tour. Notice how he mentions the Banks being the only spot in New York. Since 2001, Tompkins has been the only spot in New York.

   

2. A pretty informative guide on picking up Brazilian women. 3. The infamous Billy Waldman doing a 5-0 on the Marriot Banks in Times Square. 4. The seldom-skated Burritoville rails at Grand Central station.

   

5. Back when doing wallride tricks at the Banks was much simpler. 6. Skating otherwise mobile objects like truck beds has always been an east coast standard. 7. The last time New York was on the front of a magazine (not really, but pretty close)

8. The best for last. Harold over the hydrant in front of Supreme.