Comments on: New York City in 1978

By: Pony

Pony — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:44:13 +0000

nice catch — that is very impressive.

I’ll leave it up so people from up north can enjoy a shot.

By: Jon Kirkenshrir

Jon Kirkenshrir — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:48:36 +0000

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

By: Pony

Pony — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:45:20 +0000

hey now – i work in NY and I think I provide a wonderful service here fro many many people

By: Bocefus

Bocefus — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:25:09 +0000

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

By: busted mirror

busted mirror — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:33:54 +0000

Richard Pryor in pic 14???

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

By: Couch

Couch — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:46:14 +0000

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.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:24:15 +0000

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.