New York Magazine - USA (2020-10-12)

october12–25, 2020 | newyork 61

ZARASARAON

Photographer, Chinatown

KIARA VENTURA

Curator and art adviser, Bedford-Stuyvesant

IZZYLEUNG

Photographer, Bedford-Stuyvesant

MARTTA MÄKINEN

Actor, CrownHeights

MELINDA GRIFFITH

Sterile technician, Bedford-Stuyvesant

PEYTON DIX

Special-projects editor, Bedford-Stuyvesant

MARTELLRUFFIN

Choreographeranddancer, Ridgewood

OMOTAYO BALOGUN

Strategic planner, Harlem

(^) Find anything
good? Yes! These
amazing white
leather bell-bottom
pants, a snakeskin
bucket hat, a cool
denim romper, and,
randomly, this
amazing Yves Saint
Laurent notebook.
It’s a weird thing to
have, I guess, but
I do a lot of writing.

GERALDORTIZ

Writer,Bushwick

(^) What brought
you here?
My friend told
me about it.
There are a lot
of cool people in
New York, and
it’s interesting to
see what they’re
getting rid of.
I only stayed for
about half an
hour, to be
honest. It’s sort
of intimidating
seeingall the cool
people.It ’s a little
like,I don’t want
tobother you.