Credit: Photo by Jana Birchum

Credit: Photo by Jana Birchum

Miss Lavelle White is light on her feet on Wilson Street.

Credit: Courtesy of Jo Rae Di Menno

Alejandro Escovedo, recording �Pyramid of Tears� in Jo Rae Di Menno�s apartment, circa 1990

Credit: Courtesy of Jo Rae Di Menno

Dana Smith, Kathy Brotherton, and Jo Rae Di Menno, late Eighties/early Nineties

Credit: Courtesy of Theresa DiMenno Photography

Former cottage resident Theresa DiMenno�s living room-turned-bedroom. Guitarist Rick Poss also lived here, and when he moved out, DiMenno made the space her own.

Credit: Courtesy of Theresa DiMenno Photography

J.D. Foster and his guitar

Credit: Courtesy of Theresa DiMenno Photography

Theresa DiMenno�s cat, Frankie, chilling in the living room as music plays on Rick Poss� old turntable

Credit: Photo by Jana Birchum

Dutch displays a fistful of tattoos

Credit: Courtesy of Charlie Faye/Alix Klingenberg

Charlie Faye strolls and strums in the courtyard of the Wilson Street cottages.

Credit: Courtesy of Charlie Faye

Walter Tragert stands in the doorway of his cottage.

Credit: Courtesy of Jo Rae Di Menno

Former Wilson Street resident Phyllis Arp (r), with John Morthland, early Nineties

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