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Fantastic vintage photos of 70s/80s grimy NYC subway
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DonasaurusRex
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CAAAAAAANN YOUUUUUUU DIGG IIIIIIT?
those are cool , looks like a mash up of breakin and the warriors.
those are cool , looks like a mash up of breakin and the warriors.
SCULLIBUNDO
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That is Jagger in the first pic, right?
ShineALight
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This is my shit...you got a link with more?
Edit: ^thanks
Edit: ^thanks
Everyone looked like Jagger in the 70's.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Count Dookkake
Member
I gotta see if I have any pics of baby me from that era.
Another great pic, but I can't remember the name of it, is of a bunch of Times Sq marquees in the mid 80s. Does that ring a bell to any GAF photogrpahy nerds?
Another great pic, but I can't remember the name of it, is of a bunch of Times Sq marquees in the mid 80s. Does that ring a bell to any GAF photogrpahy nerds?
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
My earliest recollection of trains align with the last pic. Don't remember anything too bad.
I do the L train almost daily. Do they still do that back of the L train Craigslist shit?
damn, I forgot to mention back in the 80's-mid 90's
What Craigslist thing are you writing about?
captmcblack
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I remember this from when I was a kid.
I miss this...not so much the crime/fear, but definitely the character of the subway/city back then.
...and the graffiti. It was fucking AWESOME work back then.
I miss this...not so much the crime/fear, but definitely the character of the subway/city back then.
...and the graffiti. It was fucking AWESOME work back then.
damn, I forgot to mention back in the 80's-mid 90's
What Craigslist thing are you writing about?
In the mid to late 90s people used to get on the rear car of the L train just to flirt and then chat later about it on Missed Connections. If you were on the rear car, you were there for a reason.
Buckethead
Banned
70s New York was real New York, from what I hear from those who lived it.
Sweet pics.
Sweet pics.
A couple of buddies and I got into an altercation with some Guardian Angels back in the day... except it was in Hollywood.
They came at us like they were cops, flashlights pointed at our faces, hands out (with nothing in them) as if they had guns drawn... LMFAO.
FAKE DA POLICE.
They came at us like they were cops, flashlights pointed at our faces, hands out (with nothing in them) as if they had guns drawn... LMFAO.
FAKE DA POLICE.
bengraven
Member
Holy shit!
This looks exactly like my old friend Eddie who used to bomb local trains. The hair, the coat, the slack lower jaw, everything.
Of course, Eddie lived in LA and then later my hometown in the Midwest.
And this was the early 90s I'm talking about.
And freight trains, not subway trains.
I'm glad Aperture printed Subway again. It used to be really expensive to get a copy. I still have to snag one.
Walker Evans photographed people in the subway in the late 30's/early 40's with a concealed camera.
The book is Many Are Called and you can still find it at a reasonable price.
Walker Evans photographed people in the subway in the late 30's/early 40's with a concealed camera.
The book is Many Are Called and you can still find it at a reasonable price.
Jacob Holdt has some great candid shots from this same period of life in NY. Can't link any images, but the stories that go along with the images are unforgettably depressing.
perineumlick
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Brings back memories. Never in my wildest dreams, with all the crazy shit I used to do in the NYC subway, did I ever think I would end up working on those very same tracks. I have pictures of us replacing the tracks on the North and South Channel bridges in Far Rockaway, Queens, with barges in the water and everything; if I can find them maybe I'll post them.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
*squints at screen name*
Anyway, that dude with the gun pressed to his head looks legit scared.
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
These pics are awesome.
spindashing
Banned
T-Pain?
Thanks for the link. I didn't know there were more.
ahahaha
"I won't let those colored people hurt you Darla!"
Exactly. I don't know why anyone would have voluntarily worked for the TA (Transit Authority) during that era.
haha take a few photos and condemn an entire period of history based off them. NYC's history is a part of NYC, I appreciate this stuff. Plenty of people made it during that era, these are "snapshots" of the worse. If you think no one could go into certain areas of anywhere and snap the worse today, you are naive at best.
outunderthestars
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We can appreciate the photography without having to be oblivious to the fact that they were taken during a dark time in NYC history.
I wish this was available as an ipad app/book. Don't really want to spend $50 on a printed book.
JzeroT1437
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Wow. It looks like traveling in a garbage truck, although dirtier and more dangerous.
A note on the Guardian Angels history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels
A note on the Guardian Angels history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels
I remember a few years ago seeing the head of the Angels at Western Union near Times Square in line ready to receive some money sent.
but does he have the moves?
Technosteve
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i miss 90's New York, Time Square was a little boy's dream back then.
ShinobiFist
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Fuck yeah. Peep shows, Kung-Fu movies and all. You was able to get Ninja swords and a Blow Job where the AMC theater is at now, good times.
spindashing
Banned
Best combo ever.
The Last Wizard
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damn NYC was rough back then huh?
XANDER CAGE
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One of my favorite photos of all time. Christ.
Manhattan was an amazing place pre-Giuliani. Sure, the crime was out of control, but the city was madness, seemed always on the edge of descending into chaos. The homeless, the hookers, punks, rastas, porn theaters, drug dealers, loud music everywhere, every stripe of freak and weirdo walking the street. It was intense.
I honestly felt that this was the most fake photos of all.
Something Wicked
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Yeah, NYC was certainly a dump just a few decades ago.
But things sure have turned around since then. Some say it was Giuliani, while others may say it was the NYPD, but we know who really cleaned up New York:
But things sure have turned around since then. Some say it was Giuliani, while others may say it was the NYPD, but we know who really cleaned up New York:
ShinobiFist
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People did rock like that look back then. My Uncle has pics of him and his crew at Block parties in the Bronx.
Perfect Blue
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Looks more like Will.I.Am from BEP.
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