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  1. Apr 6, 2023 · It was in the 1970s that Bryant Park went through a huge transformation; known as ‘Needle Park’ for quite some time, the area was littered with the underbelly of New York’s drug scene. In 1979, Bryant Park was redesigned as you see it today. With the dissipation of its original junkie culture, visitors were free to roam this Midtown mecca ...

  2. Feb 22, 2019 · When remembered through the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia, the 70s represent the last vestige of New York history in which the city might have been considered egalitarian—when it didn’t ...

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  4. Sep 10, 2015 · Sept. 13, 2015. An article on Page 182 this weekend about the enduring cultural fascination with New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s, partly stoked by an interest in that era’s bleak ...

  5. Sep 19, 2017 · At 17, he spent the summer in New York while working at an uncle’s warehouse: “I can tell you that, while the city felt electric and volatile and amazing and, from its debauchery to its culture, it felt like an incredible place, it was also dangerous as hell.”. Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins echoed this: “Times Square’s ...

  6. Jan 4, 2022 · In the 1970s, New York City was a broken, ungovernable metropolis barreling into anarchy. New Yorkers remember this decade as the bleakest, most crime-ridden, and most uncertain time the city has ever faced. It was a time of economic, criminal, and cultural shifts occurring at once that changed the city’s prospects.

  7. May 3, 2023 · A Symphony of Sounds. During the ‘70s, New York City saw the rise of countless music genres that move our bodies and souls to this day. The city was alive with the sound of rock and roll, disco, and funk pouring out of clubs and venues across Manhattan and the outer boroughs. In addition to home-grown musicians like The Ramones and Donna ...

  8. Dec 24, 2016 · Richard Martin. 24 December 2016. Once demonised as bankrupt and crime-ridden, New York in the 1970s now holds mythic status as the site where so many of today’s most significant cultural trends first emerged. There’s persuasive evidence to support this sharp reputational shift: this was the moment when post-industrial architecture led to ...

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