New York City is often called "Gotham." Many people assume this is in reference to the hometown of the fictional superhero Batman, called "Gotham City." In fact, calling New York "Gotham" dates back to the famous author Washington Irving, who helper author a satirical periodical called Salmagundi, published in 1807 and 08.

Video artist Nelson Sullivan went everywhere and filmed just about everything downtown in the 1980s. In this video from the 5 Ninth Avenue Project — the NYU-run YouTube channel that is digitizing and releasing the vast archives of Sullivan's video — watch as the artist documents one of the first Gay Pride festivals in the City in 1983.

Nelson Sullivan had only recently acquired a VHS camera with a portable recorder when he videotaped New York's 1983 Gay Pride Celebration. Video by Nelson Suillivan

6 months ago man ate an entire jar of cheese balls in front of a thousand people causing him to become a real life superhero and somehow I became his arch nemesis