Walking tour of Alphabet City, NEW YORK

This is a walking tour of Alphabet City in New York. We begin the tour in the East Village at St. Marks (8th street) and walk eastward towards Avenue A.
On the way we stop at the two five-story buildings photographed for Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album cover located at 96 and 98 St. Mark's Place in New York City.
Then we enter into the notorious drug addled Tompkins Square Park from the Avenue A entrance then proceed to Avenue B. We end the tour walking north on Avenue C.
"Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names. It is bounded by Houston Street to the south and 14th Street to the north, and extends roughly from Avenue A to the East River.[4] Some famous landmarks include Tompkins Square Park, the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and the Charlie Parker Residence." - Wikipedia
"LED ZEPPELIN’S 1975 ALBUM PHYSICAL GRAFFITI is considered one of their best, featuring such fan-favorite songs as “Kashmir” and “Trampled Under Foot.” Its release saw a delay due to the complexity of its cover design, which proved difficult to manufacture. Designed by Peter Corriston, the iconic die-cut artwork portrays a symmetrical brownstone tenement block, something that could only hail from New York City, with each letter of the album’s title written on its window.
"The building in question is a real tenement in Manhattan, still standing at 96 and 98 St. Mark’s Place. Since similar-looking buildings are not uncommon in the city, more than a few tourists have mistaken other brownstones for the one on the album cover. But once you know the actual location, it’s not hard to find. A few creative tweaks were made to suit Corriston’s vision, and the fourth floor of the building was cropped out of the frame, giving the artwork a somewhat different look.
Today, the East Village building is home to a basement tea shop aptly named Physical GraffiTea, boasting a great selection of organic, fair-trade tea and a reputation for offering a wide selection of loose leaf tea and medicinal blends. Quite incidentally, the building also appears in the 1981 music video for “Waiting on a Friend” by the Rolling Stones, making it a great location to pay a visit and feel the history of rock and roll." - Atlas Obscura
"Tompkins Square Park is a 10.5-acre (4.2 ha) public park in the Alphabet City portion of East Village, Manhattan, New York City. The square-shaped park, bounded on the north by East 10th Street, on the east by Avenue B, on the south by East 7th Street, and on the west by Avenue A, is abutted by St. Marks Place to the west. The park opened in 1834 and is named for Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President of the United States." - Wikipedia

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I remember sneaking out when I was 13 to go to St Mark's place.

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Me too. Good times.