Nyc vintage

Mitch O’Connell is a Chicago-based photographer. As a 17-year-old, he traveled to NYC to document the now long-lost treasures that Times Square once held in the 80s.

I was a teenager in Texas during all of it, so I missed out on the New York City of the 1970s. It was a very different place than where I live today. The Bowery , now lined with million dollar apartments, lived up to it’s infamous name by hosting much of the city’s illi

Travel back in time to see what New York City looked like the year you were born in these old vintage photos.

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 Mayor John…

Times Square, 1956

Checker taxi cabs on 34th Street. I found Dad's diary and he wrote on August 16, 1938: “We swung across town and in a bit were on the Henry Hudson highway leading south. And believe it or not, first thing you know we were once again at the Hotel New Yorker. On the way down, we had a thrill as we passed by a huge ocean liner, all lit up, as it lay at the dock. It was the Normandie.”

This thread will feature pics of NYC in the 1970's. Please add pics if you have any. First off are b/w's from the 1977 blackout. Anyone remember that? I was just a little kid. Many here probably weren't even born yet. (UPDATE 11/09: Sorry, the b/w pics must have been deleted by the Flickr poster. I'll try to relocate them and repost ASAP) http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/809471511_a01ca20b41_o.gif http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1321/809472263_f6bc388ed0_o.jpg

A small collection of wonderful photographs taken by Yvon Maurice shows everyday life in New York City in 1986.

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