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Norman Mailer in front of 90 Delancey Street, 1969. Writer and actor Norman Mailer ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic Party primary for Mayor of New York City in 1969. At the suggestion of Gloria Steinem and others, and with journalist Jimmy Breslin as an ally, running for City Council President, he campaigned largely on a platform of New York City secession. He advocated for the creation of a 51st state. His ideas for the city also included a monorail, a ban on private cars in Manhattan, and the self determination of individual neighborhoods to enact their own governance. Here he is on the Lower East Side speaking to the press. Mailer came in fourth in the primary with just 41,000 votes or just about 5 percent. Mayor John V. Lindsay was re-elected that November.

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96 Delancey Street

European-style caps stand at Northwest corner of Ludlow and Delancey Streets, New York.
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92 Delancey Street

Selling shirts from street stand at 92 Delancey Street, New York.
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90 Delancey Street

Norman Mailer campaigning for Mayor, 1969, north side of Delancey Street between Orchard and Ludlow "New York as the 51st State"
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90 Delancey Street

Cooking on the sidewalk in front of Banco Popular, 90 Delancey Street, north side between Ludlow and Orchard Streets
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92 Delancey Street

North side of Delancey Street between Orchard & Ludlow
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92 Delancey Street

Delancey Street, north side, between Orchard and Ludlow Streets
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90 Delancey Street

In front of 90 and 92 Delancey Street, north side, west of Ludlow
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92 Delancey Street

(l. to r.) 90-98 Delancey Street, north side, between Orchard and Ludlow Streets
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