NYC 70's and 80's

[NoirDynosaur]

NYC in the 70's, 80's and early 90's was raw and gritty.

New York City in the 80s was a time of both cultural and economic pitfalls and accomplishments.

The city was plagued by high crime rates, poverty, and drug addiction, but it was also a time of artistic and cultural renaissance, with the rise of hip hop, punk rock, and street art.

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Lower East Side

 

[NoirDynosaur]

South Bronx

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Bronx Street Gangs

 

[UberEatsDriver]

it’s hard to believe some New Yorkers actually miss that sh*thole from back.

The republicans today would have a heart attack. I think nyc was worse than Chicago and Philly in those days also

 

[Yehuda]

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

it’s hard to believe some New Yorkers actually miss that sh*thole from back.

The republicans today would have a heart attack. I think nyc was worse than Chicago and Philly in those days also

Yeah…but at least apartments were bigger

 

[Neuromancer]

Black in the day.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

All that good real estate gone to waste

 

[Tupac in a Business Suit]

This shyt looks terrible. Yeah it birthed a lot of stuff like a lot of new shyt. Now that i think about it, those music videos we was shooting in the hood exposing the world to hip hop was nothing more than a wedding invitation first class mail to come and gentrify the neighborhood.

Maybe it isn’t the same in all corners of the globe but I ain’t trying to go on no hood safari at my age. I’m good. I need 6 certification accommodations baby.

 

[TMBlue]

Playing football on the Concrete... I miss those days

 

[ISO]

Terrible times.

 

[JamesJabdi]

Honestly, NYC seems like it was hell on earth during the 80's....bleak and dystopian

 

[ThrobbingHood]

I have family that still live there. My dad said he wanted to move them out from NYC before I was born. The violence was war zone like during the crack era. He always talks about it with such disdain.

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Eric B and Rakim Times Square 88