Take a look to see how much New York has changed from the 1970s through these amazing color snapshots below.
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5th Avenue and 58th Street, 1970 |
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7th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York City, 1970 |
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9th Avenue and 40th Street, 1970 |
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34th street between 5th and 6th, 1979 |
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42nd Street, 1975 |
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57th Street, 1979 |
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59th Street and 5th Avenue, 1977 |
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Atop the World Trade Center, 1976 |
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Broadway and 12th. St., 1970 |
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Broadway at West 48th St., Midtown Manhattan, 1978 |
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Brooklyn Bridge, 1973 |
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Cedar Street, NYC, 1975 |
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Columbus Ave. and West 73rd Street, 1979 |
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Coney Island, 1973 |
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East Second Street between Avenues C & D, facing North, 1980 |
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Fifth Ave., 1979 |
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Greenwich Village, NYC, 1973 |
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Harlem, 1971 |
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Looking south along the Damrak, Amsterdam, ca. 1970s |
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Lower East Side, 1971 |
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Madison Ave and 64th Street, 1979 |
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Madison Ave., 1979 |
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Main Street and Kissena Boulevard , Queens, October 15, 1973 |
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Manhattan Bridge tower in Brooklyn, New York City, framed through nearby buildings, June 1974 |
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Manhattan, New York, 1970 |
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Morton St. looking east, 1973 |
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Morton Street, 1973 |
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New York City, 1970 |
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New York City, 1975 |
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New York, 1970 |
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Nippon Club, NYC, 1971 |
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NYC in 1976 |
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NYC in 1979 |
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NYC in 1979 |
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NYC in 1979 |
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NYC in 1979 |
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NYC in 1979 |
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NYC in 1979 |
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NYC in 1979 |
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NYC policemen, 1975 |
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NYC subway, 1973 |
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NYC, 1974 |
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Ohrbach’s, NYC, 1979 |
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Park Avenue, 1979 |
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Park Avenue, NYC, 1970 |
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Second Ave, looking uptown, just north of the 59th St. Bridge, 1977 |
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Second Ave., 1979 |
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Seventh Ave and W22th street, Jan. 1976 |
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Sixth Ave., 1973 |
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Subway car in NYC, 1973 |
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Times Square, 1972 |
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Times Square, 1973-74 |
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Times Square, 1974 |
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Times Square, 1975 |
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Times Square, 1976 |
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W23 Street, Jan 1976 |
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WTC twin towers, NYC, 1978 |