Was recently watching a DVD of “Wild Style.” A movie that I saw on the screen in the Times Square district in 1983 when it was first released. This movie is a document to the true original “Old Skool” hip hop scene.

Listening to the commentary by Fab Five Freddy, a producer and actor in the film, he mention an old saying about Alphabet city in the 80’s

On Avenue A, your A.O.K.
On Avenue B, be careful.
On Avenue C, your crazy.
On Avenue D, your Dead!

This is far from true these days, even though one should always keep aware in the hood. The Alphabet has changed and people don’t refer to it as so. It’s now just referred to as the east village.