A 15-cent pizza slice marked cheap entry into the new scene.

Evidence

In 1966 there was a mystical correlation between the cost of a slice, a subway token, and the Village Voice (all 15 cents). In the pizza stand, Harrington saw the future. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 883

Categorization

• CANDY: Three 1966 New York things all costing 15 cents is a perfect light bar/history fact.
• QUESTION: Affordable food as infrastructure of a scene — is the cheap-slice a necessary condition for a bohemian neighborhood?