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50 Amazing Color Photographs Capture Street Scenes of New York City in the 1970s
The New York City of the 1970s looked very different from the gentrified metropolis we know today. The Bowery, now lined with luxury apartments, housed much of the…
115 Years Of Vintage Photos Show How Times Square Has Changed
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CHARLES CUSHMAN’S 1940S NYC COLOR VIEWS
Eons ago, in Forgotten NY terms, that is (OK, maybe 5 years ago) I was sent a cache of color photos of vanished NY scenes. In France, so we…
Cars of New York City: Snapshots from the 1970s and early 1980s
The 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 blue, heavily customized 1973 Cadillac Eldorado parked in Harlem, New York in March 1975 – the one you can see in the above photo – kicks of our…
New York In May 1979 – Photographing The Everyday
Once he photographed New York City’s disintegrating West Side Elevated Highway in May 1979, German-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 tourist PetersHagen took a troll around other parts of the city. Like Peter Marshall, he…
Street Scenes of New York City in the 1970s
The 1970s were a time of deep change and growing pains for New York City as the country faced a recession.By 1970, the city gained notoriety for high…
46 Amazing Color Photographs That Capture Street Scenes of New York City From 1978-1980
Retro-styled colour photo (my own, taken February 1988) of Lower Manhattan skyline, including the Twin Towers, layered on a serrated photo border with added vintage effects. Isolated on…
Los Angeles Theatres: Grauman’s Chinese: street views from 1926 to 1954
The Grauman’s Chinese pages: | Chinese overview | street views 1926 to 1954 | street views 1955 to present | forecourt | lobby | lounges | vintage auditorium views | recent auditorium views | upstairs boxes and offices | booth | stage | basement | attic and roof | Chinese Twin | Chinese 6 | 1926 – Excavation is…
The Streets of New York City
Destroyed car, 1976Lower East Side, Manhattan, NY 72nd. St. Station, NYC 1978 Freeman St. Station, 1978Manhattan, NY Happy Family, 1978Manhattan, NY Daily life in The Bronx, 1978The…
Wonderful Color Photos of New York in the 1970s
Here is a collection of wonderful color photos of New York in the 1970s.
New York City In Kodachrome – Color Photos Found In A Trashcan From the 1950s and 1960s
One day, Jan Wein found some photographs.”For those of you who may not know the back story,” he tells us, “I lived in Manhattan in the 1980s when…
Street Scenes of Manhattan, New York in the 1970s
Manhattan has changed greatly in the past 40 years — the once drug and crime-ridden streets of the Lower East Side are now filled with luxury high rise…