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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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