New york 80s

nyc/71, new york,

New York City, 1970

New York, New York, 1984

NY 1970s

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Here’s a collection of 30 amazing color photographs of New York City’s street scenes in the 1970s

Color New York | Ernst Haas

Times Square 1974

1998. “Seinfeld” finale. Times Square. 📷 Ken Murphy

It’s well known that Times Square in Manhattan endured a massive facelift during the mayoral tenure of Rudy Giuliani in the 1990s. Disney became an investor in the area, which soon became a touristic haven for Madame Tussaud’s and stores selling overpriced fare from Godiva’s, M&M’s, Quiksilver, and Lids. The main casualty of this process of turbo-gentrification were the charming porno houses that dotted the area in the 1970s and 1980s. Maggie Hopp worked in the administration of Mayo...

Interested (maybe verging on slight obsession) in the history of NYC subway systems? Take a peak at these vintage subway maps and photography!