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New York City in the 1970s was a place of great change and contrast. The city faced significant challenges, but it was also a time of cultural innovation and social movements. From life on the streets to famous places and events, the 1970s left a lasting impact on the city. Life in New York City during the 1970s was tough for many residents.
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Jun 5, 2018 · Broadway Restaurant. Photo by Riley Arthur. Th Broadway Restaurant, located at 2664 Broadway between 101st and 102nd Street was open for almost 50 years from 1970 to January 2018. It closed due to ...
5 days ago · Photo by Richard Lantry via Wikimedia Commons. For three intense years from 1971 to 1973, New York’s SoHo neighborhood had a restaurant at the corner of Wooster and Prince Street that was ...
Homeless persons and drug dealers occupied boarded-up and abandoned buildings. Here below are some stunning vintage photos that show street scenes, roads, and everyday life in Manhattan from the late 1970s. These photographs were captured by Manel Armengol. #6 St. Mark’s Place and 2nd. Ave, Manhattan, 1978.
Jan 31, 2014 · 9 photos showing the East Village of the 1970s. Earlier this month, our blogging friend Alex at Flaming Pablum alerted us to the Museum of the City of New York's website ... where they just unveiled more than 1,000 digitized photos by Edmund V. Gillon, who chronicled NYC in the 1970s and 1980s. Some two weeks later, we finally looked at every ...
Apr 16, 2016 · Death, Destruction, And Debt: 41 Photos Of Life In 1970s New York. These startling 1970s New York photos reveal a city undergoing an unparalleled transformation fueled by economic collapse and rampant crime. Reeling from a decade of social turmoil, New York in the 1970s fell into a deep tailspin provoked by the flight of the middle class to the ...
Economic Downturn and Urban Decay. The 1970s ushered in an era of economic challenges for New York City, and Brooklyn was no exception. The manufacturing sector’s decline, coupled with a fiscal crisis, led to increasing unemployment and a strain on municipal services. Iconic industries that had flourished in Brooklyn’s waterfront areas ...
