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- THERE IS A STRONG CURRENT of nostalgia for the late ’70s and early ’80s in New York, even among those who never lived through it — the era when the city was edgy and dangerous, when women carried Mace in their purses, when even men asked the taxi driver to wait until they’d crossed the 15 feet to the front door of their building, when a blackout plunged whole neighborhoods into frantic looting, when subway cars were covered with graffiti, when Balanchine was at the height of his powers and the...
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Sep 10, 2015 · THERE IS A STRONG CURRENT of nostalgia for the late ’70s and early ’80s in New York, even among those who never lived through it — the era when the city was edgy and dangerous, when women ...
Jan 15, 2015 · Christopher Street Liberation Day: June 28, 1970. The first gay pride parade to take place in U.S. history marked the anniversary of the infamous police raid and subsequent riots that...
Compared to the 1970s, the 1980s were a time of restrained optimism in New York. The boom on Wall Street was fueling the speculative real estate market, and unemployment numbers dropped noticeably.
Jan 15, 2015 · 1980s New York was the quintessential portrait of a gritty city, slowly and grudgingly starting to clean up its act. Graffiti-bedecked subways and storefronts were still the norm and crime...
Apr 16, 2016 · These startling 1970s New York photos reveal a city undergoing an unparalleled transformation fueled by economic collapse and rampant crime. Shocking poverty and crime once cast the Big Apple in a decidedly ugly light.
Explore images of New York in the 1970s, including the years leading up to the blackout, the effects of the fiscal crisis, and the chaos that ensued when the lights went out.
