The images in the film look familiar. No longer are we seeing drunks passed out in a doorway.
These folks look like they just dropped suddenly wherever they were, hanging over a fire hydrant or whatever. Different drug and different scene. I’ve seen a few on the Upper West Side, in the very center of the sidewalk, their belongings strewn around them.
Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA4-4ifhixg