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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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