New York City in 1978

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New York City has changed drastically over the last 30 years. These images are a NYC I never saw since I was 3 at the time.

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7 Comments

Anthony

Posted November 4, 2009 at 11:24 am | Permalink

You know, I bet that if you could identify the locations of each of these photos, you could find that a lot of NYC is relatively unchanged.

There are some large changes, of course – Manhattan has a lot more tall buildings, now, I’m sure. But I suspect a lot of the older sections of the city haven’t changed in major detail.

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Couch

Posted November 4, 2009 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

Wow… this pictures make NY look nice back in 78… Anyone who knows about NY back then knows it was a drug capital and having a terrible time with crime. This pictures are tame compared to other pictures from that ERA.

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busted mirror

Posted November 4, 2009 at 7:33 pm | Permalink

Richard Pryor in pic 14???

Definitely looks like the hot dog carts have changed over the years…

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Bocefus

Posted November 6, 2009 at 10:25 am | Permalink

Looks like the same shithole to me. NY was a suckfest full of idiots then, just like it is today.

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- Pony
  
  Posted November 6, 2009 at 10:45 am | Permalink
  
  hey now – i work in NY and I think I provide a wonderful service here fro many many people
  
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Jon Kirkenshrir

Posted December 19, 2009 at 6:48 pm | Permalink

The 15th photo from the top (the one above the girls crossing the street, below “Richard Pryor”) is actually a photo of Montreal in or around 1978… !
It’s the corner of St-Jacques st. and McGill st.… You can see the Place Ville-Marie building in the back and the Square Victoria metro station in the foreground!!

Here it is today:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=square+victoria+metro+montreal&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Station+Square-Victoria&ll=45.501279,-73.560398&spn=0.013536,0.019956&t=h&z=16&lci=transit&layer=c&cbll=45.501236,-73.560277&panoid=zF4WHfutJYsOj6TDy6jBcg&cbp=12,281.75,,0,-14.16

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- Pony
  
  Posted December 19, 2009 at 8:44 pm | Permalink
  
  nice catch — that is very impressive.
  
  I’ll leave it up so people from up north can enjoy a shot.
  
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