What did New York City used to be like?

[606onit]

never been to NYC, but the pics on page 5 meet my soul with familiarity....old school (84 baby) city-life.


to my big-city brethrenz. We made it and WE WERENT SUPPOSED TO!

Altho I'm not a direct-Cabrini bred, brehs.

 

[Azul]

Skate Key in the Bx...the OG one on Allerton Ave

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

pretty dope video of NYC from the 1970s/80s era.

 

[Kid McNamara]

pretty dope video of NYC from the 1970s/80s era.

Nas - Nas Will Prevail (1992) Music Video - YouTube

Already posted that nikka.

 

[Kid McNamara]

Anybody got any crazy stories about Bensonhurst?

My Mom and Dad used to tell me about all the guys they knew who got jumped for trying to mess with the italian girls over there.

Wasn't really the type of place you messed about in. City nigs know their lane.

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Already posted that nikka.

so u want a cookie? or was i suppose to go through 19 pages, weirdo

 

[Kid McNamara]

so u want a cookie? or was i suppose to go through 19 pages, weirdo

Whack ass not reading the thread? Why you here then dummy?

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

Whack ass not reading the thread? Why you here then dummy?

nikka i aint readin through 19 pages about nyc

 

[Poppa_Dock]

just read lots of books about NYC back then

was a murdering, raping, stealing shythole full of demons.

Read that richard kuklinski book it has a lot of him describing NYC and New jersey back then. Solid shyt hole, so much of a shythole, many of the older people there should be probably exterminated bc they were no doubt involved in some kind of inhumane fukkery.

 

[the next guy]

Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago tell vivid story of gritty New York City | Mail Online


If you want some history

 

[OC's finest]

readin thru this thread, i dun understand how ppl can say they want back the "old NY".

the dangerous, drug infested, dirty, NYC where you'd get mugged on the subway, and fear getting randomly shot by a crackhead?

 

[DA_LURKA]

readin thru this thread, i dun understand how ppl can say they want back the "old NY".

the dangerous, drug infested, dirty, NYC where you'd get mugged on the subway, and fear getting randomly shot by a crackhead?

One thing I remember from when I was young was mad crack vials everywhere.

Of course i didn't know what they were then, but them shyts was errwhere

 

[Kid McNamara]

nikka i aint readin through 19 pages about nyc

I feel you though.

 

[Wild self]

readin thru this thread, i dun understand how ppl can say they want back the "old NY".

the dangerous, drug infested, dirty, NYC where you'd get mugged on the subway, and fear getting randomly shot by a crackhead?

cause these old dudes want that "gutter" feeling and having people fear them. Face it, more people don't give a fukk about where you from anymore.

 

[Blessings]

born in '89 in Nigeria moved to 64 Lincoln Rd. in '91 then 580 east 21st 94.....plenty memories from my childhood
went to PS 161....moved to Queens in the 6th grade IS 109