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