1980s NYC in B&W
The decade of the 1980s in New York feels to many like the end of an era. New York survived the 1970s but was not yet the gentrified city we know today. It was still gritty. It was still a city of neighborhoods that had a distinct character, with Mom and Pop shops, and a local flavor to cafes and restaurants. There were empty lots and dilapidated buildings, not every square inch needed to be used for something. To life long New Yorkers, it still resembled and felt like the city they grew up in. Hopefully these pictures capture a bit of those times and feelings.
