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1970’s Brooklyn

1970’s Brooklyn published on 3 Comments on 1970’s Brooklyn

Dumbo. You wouldn’t really want to walk around there alone back then.

Photographer Danny Lyon is one of the all time great NYC street shooters. Business Insider came across these public domain images from 1974. What I miss most about old New York is everyone being out in the streets interacting with one another. Is it that New York has changed or is it just a sign of times that we no longer “play” outside because of technology? How old do I sound??

Bond Street, Boerum Hill. Burnt out cars and open fire hydrants: the playground of my youth!

Koskiusko Swimming Pool in Bed Stuy. Still there, right near Home Depot. People still line up on hot days.

It doesn’t say where this is, but do ya think that deck is legal??

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As someone who grew up in the mid-west and didn’t get here until adulthood, it’s kinda crazy that I already felt like I had a pretty good idea of what it was like to grow up in New York City. Just from reading Ezra Jack Keats books, or watching Sesame Street. Later on, books like Harriet the Spy and the Judy Blume books took over, “Welcome Back, Kotter,” “The Jeffersons” and movies like as well as movies like My Bodyguard started filling in the gaps.

I love seeing how New York has changed. Even though I wasn’t here to experience the change, I feel like I have a good feel for it, just from pop culture.

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