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We don't know about you, but we've got a real soft-spot for taking trips down memory lane, at least when it comes to the city so nice they named it twice (to be honest though, our interest in the past has got nothing on this guy). In that vein we recently got pointed in the direction of Testsuo Kogawa's New York Paranoia - a collection of old street photos like the above one of 14th and 3rd or the below one of Times Square.
As with many collections of street shots, there are a lot of mundane pics in here. But they will still definitely bring back memories for anyone who was there at the time and provide some sense of place to those of you who weren't. So if you are looking to kill twenty minutes this afternoon, give 'em a whirl.
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hey, since this pic is online now, that Toshiba sign actually sort of is "In Touch With Tomorrow".
Where are the photos from?
I can't seem to find them on the New York Paranoia site or the Times site. Plus, they look like they are from the 1980s.
The '70s were the best! Although the '80s weren't bad, either. It's depressing to realize that there are college students today who remember nothing about those times. Enjoy your era, kids, because before you know it, another generation will have their turn in the sun and they'll be calling you the old farts.
Am I imagining things or were those big-haired gang members in a fight in two of the Chinatown pictures?
Toby, just click the links and you should get to them. "Testsuo Kogawa's" links to the color photos and "New York Paranoia" links to the black and white ones. here they are just as addresses:
http://anarchy.translocal.jp/newyork/newyork_bw_70s/index.html
and
http://anarchy.translocal.jp/newyork/NYcolor70-80s/index.html
great normal shots. i appreciate that. it was fun to see my own nabe back in th day so to speak.
it would be easier to view these as a slideshow tho. cliking on slow loading indiv pics is an unnecessary pain.
it sure does seem like NYC had much less traffic. would be nice to have less cars in the city who seemed to honk every time they feel slowed down or inconvenienced by pedestrians.
Less traffic and less people.
I remember coming out of Bond's when the Clash played there and the subway and streets were quiet.
Before shows, we'll go to the Nathan's in TS.
I've always wondered what Xanadu was, I think it was a clothing store? or a club? or a store that became a club? An old timer please chime in.
Other places that were empty at night, Delancy Street and the Fulton Street station when A & S was there.
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I remember waiting with a huge mob in the street outside of Bonds waiting to buy tickets for the Clash. I also recall being squashed like a sardine watching them play there.
I miss that huge Nathan's in TS:(
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