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New York Photos, 1979



Here are some New York photos, taken in 1979.
These were scanned from vintage black & white prints, both 8x10's and 5x7's.
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6th Avenue IND subway station with old man in back of news shed & Village Voice Ad



Patching up a subway station on the BMT in Brooklyn



Graffiti inside a subway car



At entrance to Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village



Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village



A fountain in Washington Square park



Chambers Street, downtown west side



Franklin & Varick (Tribeca) the company I worked for was here



View in Greenwich Village



Near Chinatown, Canal Street



At a small park in Greenwich Village



Also in Greenwich Village area, 70's cars



On Franklin Street in Tribeca



Along West Broadway in lower Manhattan



Hotel Bar butter ad, Canal Street near Holland Tunnel



Along 6th Ave (Avenue of the Americas)



Corner of Bleecker & McDougal Streets, Greenwich Village



Near corner of Sullivan Street, Greenwich Village



Along Bleecker St., Greenwich Village



Crowd heading to a concert in Central Park, midtown



Night signs in Times Square area



The street in Woodhaven, Queens, where I lived at the time



Old men at a park in Ridgewood, Queens, in the foreground is Jakob, my grandmother's brother



Grandma Tillie with Jakob, at the same park, both were around 80 at the time



This would be me cooking something vegetarian in a wok, at a family gathering



Entrance to Holland Tunnel, Canal Street, downtown Manhattan



Street vendors along Canal Street



Fire escapes on industrial buildings in Tribeca



Canal St./W. Broadway area, downtown Manhattan



On the old abandoned West Side Elevated Highway, sign for Chambers St. exit



Entrance ramp to the West Side Highway, all of this has been demolished years ago



Some people eating lunch on the abandoned West Side Highway



View on West Side Highway, showing World Trade Center and exit signs



Subway railhead, Canal Street, City Hall area, Manhattan



Children playing at an open hydrant, King & McDougal Sts., Greenwich Village



Another West Village view, showing the "Other End" club



Bedroom area in my Queens apartment at the time



Manhattan city bus



59th Street (Queensboro) bridge over street, upper east side



Crowd at a concert in Central Park



Concert in Central Park, with buildings framed in the distance through the smog



Entrance to George Washington Bridge to New Jersey

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