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>> harley: so this is pretty much some of the last remnants of what the lower east side was kind of used to be like, you know? good old school, no elevator. >> anthony: but you didn't live in this building? >> harley: no, this wasn't the building i lived in. this is a squat though, that actually became legal. i was actually in that building right there. when i lived in it, we had no windows, no front doors. you know you'd find a door in the street, you'd put it up and chain it up yourself. no running water. i used to bathe in the fire hydrant in front of the building. i used to sleep with my p...

Know? good old school, no elevator. >> anthony: but you didn't live in this building? >> harley: no, this wasn't the building i lived in. this is a squat though, that actually became legal. i was actually in that building right there. when i lived in it, we had no windows, no front doors. you know you'd find a door in the street, you'd put it up and chain it up yourself. no running water. i used to bathe in the fire hydrant in front of the building. i used to sleep with my pit bull so rats wouldn't get too close to me at night. >> harley: my main problem growing up down here was that i lived o...

Much some of the last remnants of what the lower east side was kind of used to be like, you know? good old school, no elevator. >> anthony: but you didn't live in this building? >> harley: no, this wasn't the building i lived in. this is a squat though, that actually became legal. i was actually in that building right there. when i lived in it, we had no windows, no front doors. you know you'd find a door in the street, you'd put it up and chain it up yourself. no running water. i used to bathe in the fire hydrant in front of the building. i used to sleep with my pitbull so rats wouldn't get t...

In this building? >> harley: no, this wasn't the building i lived in. this is a squat though, that actually became legal. i was actually in that building right there. when i lived in it, we had no windows, no front doors. you know you'd find a door in the street, you'd put it up and chain it up yourself. no running water. i used to bathe in the fire hydrant in front of the building. i used to sleep with my pitbull so rats wouldn't get too close to me at night. >> anthony: you actually grew up here. what was that like growing up here? being a little kid here? >> harley: my main problem growing ...

Of used to be like, you know? good old school, no elevator. [ laughter ] >> you live in this building? >> no, this wasn't the building i lived in. this was a squat that became legal. i was actually in that building right there. when i lived in it, you know, we had no windows, no front doors, you know, you'd find a door in the street. you put it up and chain it up yourself, you know. no running water. i used to bathe in the fire hydrant in front of the building and i used to sleep with my pitbull so rats wouldn't get too close to me at night, you know? >> you actually grew up here. what was tha...