Flashback: 18 Photos Of NYC In The Late 80s

Last week we looked back at the early 1980s in New York City, and now we get a glimpse of the city in the late '80s... like when Madonna and Sean Penn were married and The Three Amigos was just coming to the big screen!

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on July 21, 2011 4:12 PM

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thatsomeoneisme

I still can't get past the pedo bear actions of Woody Allen enough to watch his movies after learning of that scandal

Guest

:D

BrooklynDnB

Loving the Run DMC/Beastie Boys picture. That was hip hop.

Smith Corona

More proof that the 80s were terribly ugly time.

ganghiscon

The gritty 1980's NYC -- when you could turn the corner and find three amigos holding guns in your face.

OrganicJerk

To know now what was going on behind closed doors in Woody Allen's "family"... sickening. I'm surprised that America still gives their little odd pedophile pervert a pat on the back for being such a "quirky artist."

OrganicJerk

Fleetwood Mac without Stevie or Lindsey, so tragic

theevilerone

80s fashion was the best.

Grim Womyn

I like Brooke Shield's "sundress" that is really a muumuu.

Guest

How does Jerry Lee Lewis and family being photographed at the Rock & Roll HOF have anything to do with NYC in the 80s?

Len_Drexler

It's more likely the Hall of Fame induction ceremony which as far as I know is always held in New York at the Waldorf. The actual hall and museum in Cleveland didn't open until 1995.

Guest

Gotcha. The caption is wrong then.

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Daniel

The actual Hall opened the first time Jann Wenner set aside a dedicated space for his record collection. That's what the Hall really is, his record collection...