The Alley Project

photos by SCF

Some interesting things are going on at Catalyst Cocktails. New wavey music and parties and DJs, oh my! Tucked away on Harriet St. across from the imposing Hall of Justice on Bryant Street, Catalyst seems to have a lot of potential that it has yet to realize. I mean, the 300 lb. longshoreman (below) is [...]

 
Around the corner from the famous Tosca Cafe, where it’s not unlikely to spot Francis Ford Coppola doing espresso shot after espresso shot, is a little old bar called Specs. Specs is the kind of place where you’re unlikely to see anyone of note, ever. Specs is cluttered with crap from beat generations past and [...]

If I’d been faster, this lead picture would have been of the guy pissing between cars rather than the eerie smokestacks that loom over Jessie St. Mezzanine is a club that sits in the middle of the alley, just south of where it T’s off at the back of the old Mint building.
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There are two ways into The Irish Bank that I know of. I picked the one lined with endless garbage bins and sketchy people.
The Irish Bank used to be called the Bank of Ireland (there are plenty of signs inside to prove it) but word on the street is that the actual Bank of Ireland [...]