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Dec. 18, 1969: A neglected block in Brownsville, Brooklyn, where a nationwide Model Cities program — which aimed to bring a holistic improvement regimen to selected neighborhoods in 52 cities — was seen as stumbling. “Half of the program’s first year is gone,” The Times reported, “but only $7.7 million of the year’s allocation of $29 million in Federal funds have been spent.” The mayor blamed a heavy-footed city bureaucracy. “The mood is typified by Prospect Place in Brownsville, flanked by desolate acres of rubble-strewn lots,” the story read. “Rotted tenements have been torn down, but almost nothing is being built because contractors’ bids have come in above the per-room cost ceilings permitted by Congress for Federal projects.”
Vintage Photograph of a Neglected Block in Brownsville, Brooklyn Back in 1969
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The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…

"Vinyl" Production Designer Bill Groom on Recreating 1970s New York City for Hit HBO Show
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Our friends over at Curbed recently interviewed production designer Bill Groom about recreating a gritty 1970s New York City for the hit HBO show Vinyl. The New York City of today is very…

America in the 1970s - Color Footage - HD
Vintage Film Shows the Streets of New York and Other Cities in the 1970s
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Uploaded to YouTube by Lt Mojo Risin, this great vintage film shows the gritty streets of New York City in the 1970s along with San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles. The music featured in…

Vintage Photograph Showing Broad Street and Financial District's Curb Stock Brokers Circa 1915
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This fantastic vintage photograph from around 1915 shows Broad Street looking North towards Wall Street, and the many curb brokers that traded throughout the day. Here is a Google Street…

The High Bridge
Slideshow of Vintage Photographs Comparing NYC's Oldest Bridge Over the Past 150 Years
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Technically speaking, The Bronx-Manhattan High Bridge is the oldest in the City, dating back to 1848. It was built 35 years before the Brooklyn Bridge, but portions of it have been replaced…

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Teaser Trailer [HD]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a New Harry Potter Universe Movie Set in 1920s New York City
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a new movie staring academy-award winner Eddie Redmayne and takes place in 1920s New York City, but a slightly-off NYC that is part of the Harry…

1939 Color Movies of College Point, NY
Vintage Kodachrome Film Shows 1939 Family Life in College Point, Queens
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These are, I believe, the earliest Kodachrome home movies that my grandfather Gustave Martens filmed with his 16mm camera. Naturally he chose to film friends, flowers, and family - -…

Vintage Photograph of R.H. Macy and Co. on 34th St. and Broadway Circa 1905
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This vintage photograph from around 1905 shows the R.H. Macy and Co. building on 34th Street and Broadway in Herald Square, long before it swallowed the whole block and became a tourist…

Gowanus 2
1920s Proposed Building-Top Highway; How Gowanus Got Its Name; Katzs Pastrami on Pizza in BK
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There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately. 6sqft ⇒ In 1927, NYC Almost Got a…

Los Sures Trailer
Los Sures, a Documentary About Tough Life in Williamsburg in the Late 70s and 80s
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Los Sures is an upcoming documentary from filmmaker Diego Echeverria and Union Docs featuring life in a pre-gentrified Williamsburg all through restored vintage film from the late 1970s and…