Just Kids

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Tick

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Patti Smith

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Tender, artsy, pre-gentrification New York time capsule with extra heartbreak.

My take

If you’ve ever walked past the Chelsea Hotel and tried to imagine the ghosts inside, this fills it in with cigarette smoke and Polaroids. It’s less rock-star myth, more shy, oddball love story floating through a cheaper, hungrier city. If you’re into crea