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New York City in the 1970s

- Franny Wentzel - Saturday, July 25th, 2009 : goo

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The twins as seen from . By the 1970s shipping traffic had moved to the container port at yet there was still general cargo going out and coming in. Somebody's getting some new Chevy pickups...

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The twins from . was still in the planning stage as was the Trade Center's Vista Hotel...

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View of the twins from the ...

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View of and the

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Midtown over the . Pan Am still owned their building.

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Fifth Avenue from 59th Street

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Forty-second Street

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and ...

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Newly constructed . Picture likely taken before emergency structural repairs were undertaken...

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Wall Street...

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Wall street door...

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Wall Street in front of the Stock Exchange...

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Sixth Avenue flea market...

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New York Public Library...

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Sixth Avenue near

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. At the time was in danger of being closed.

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Hansom cab near the GM building

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Hansom cab in the park

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Handsome cab on Fifth Avenue - a !

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GM 'fishbowl' bus...

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Cab-o-palooza!

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of the 1970s!

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area... cheesy Kung-fu movies were all the rage back in the day...

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Macy's Thanksgiving parade majorettes!

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Then as now

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Smokey the Bear and Underdog

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Black Elvis fire eater FTW!

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Back in the 70s they were seriously concerned we were entering a new ice age...

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...and New Yorkers just took the weather in their stride.

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America celebrated their 200th birthday in 1976. This fellow looks to have been around for the 100th...

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I'm a sucker for ...

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The Me Decade saw a rise of interest in personal fitness. Amongst other pursuits, cycling and jogging were just coming into style...

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But loafing about on your lunch hour has never been out of fashion...

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...nor have kids enjoying themselves in the park.

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Speaking of fashion...

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They take their religion oldskool...

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Scenes from ...

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We headed down in ... and showed 'em how to kick the gong around...

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Harlem where it goes to show... no matter what color kids will always enjoy a freezie-pop...

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Time to head home Minnie...

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Franny Wentzel: 25th Jul 2009 - 02:32 GMT

Images were from a 1970s picture book of New York City.

ntatap: 25th Jul 2009 - 02:36 GMT

This is an great group of photos. I remember as a little kid, going into the city from the Bronx with my parents and seeing all this stuff. It brought back some nice memories. Did you take these?

Franny Wentzel: 25th Jul 2009 - 02:43 GMT

I was just an egg in the bullpen when these were taken... images scanned from a 1970s picture book of the city.

Shawno: 25th Jul 2009 - 03:45 GMT

Excellent images. Thanks for taking the time to scan/share.

CartLegger: 25th Jul 2009 - 11:18 GMT

These are truly retroriffic, Franny. As a fellow bun in the oven during this period, i am overjoyed about being able to see the city at a (surprisingly cheery) lowpoint. i mean, the city was broke, crime furthering its crawl, racial tensions high, and neighborhoods were burning and people leaving en masse--over a million over the course of the decade. But all that historical perspective aside, people are smiling, going about their little lives as if its the best time in the world. Maybe people just smiled for the photos...

What is the name of this book, and publisher? Could we get an MLA style citation? ;)


Franny Wentzel: 25th Jul 2009 - 11:53 GMT

These were taken from at least three separate books. Most images came from "New York - Beautiful Cities Series" authored by Kitty Grime for Crescent Books. Edition was copyrighted 1987 but clearly never updated since the late 70s.

Another Crescent edition on New York provided the picture of Citicorp Center and 42nd St but I only had random pages from it and cannot provide citations.

Madison Square Garden image taken from 1978 Chartwell Books' "The World Series - New York". Also have a Dover Books edition calls New York in Aerial Views that has aerial photos from the 40s to the late 70s.

Might eventually scan more images for a 'part two' posting but I'll give you a li'l taste with this shot of in the mid to late-70s

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Scoopology: 27th Jul 2009 - 12:54 GMT

nice set, wow good to see the city frozen in time

Liz: 6th Aug 2009 - 05:00 GMT

Great memories, amazing pics. I was born in 1970, and this was like looking through an old photo album of my childhood. Thanks!!!

Tabby: 24th Aug 2009 - 23:02 GMT

These are awesome pics, and just fuelling my desire to visit NYC! I'm kinda obsessed with it right now....I'm saving hard!! Thanks for these, love them! xxx

Stevenlie: thanks! great pic

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