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34. Yes! I had a decent apt near Lincoln Center

Thu May 12, 2016, 11:22 PM

May 2016

at 69th and Broadway. It was a real community: local hardware, little restaurants, artsy theater. Philharmonic in the Park for free. Off-broadway for basically free. Dizzy Gillespie nearly free in the Village - little jazz clubs. Entertainment was deep, cultural and cheap if you wanted to take advantage of it.

It was possible to live pretty well on little if you were young and didn't need orchestra seats and penthouses and a car

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Death, Destruction, And Debt: 41 Photos Of Life In 1970s New York [View all] FLPanhandle May 2016 OP

re the Time Square pictures SCantiGOP May 2016 #1

I was staying in NYC in the mid to late 80's for work FLPanhandle May 2016 #2

I lived in NYC in the 70's as a moonscape May 2016 #13

I was about 10 years behind you FLPanhandle May 2016 #24

It was possible to live in Manhattan even if you weren't a millionaire. leveymg May 2016 #26

Yes! I had a decent apt near Lincoln Center moonscape May 2016 #34

When this comes up I like to point out that ... JHB May 2016 #8

WOW - very interesting. Laf.La.Dem. May 2016 #3

This is the only one I could find FLPanhandle May 2016 #4

thank you Laf.La.Dem. May 2016 #20

it sucked everywhere in the 1970's. Even the music. Good old Nixon roguevalley May 2016 #5

You must have been listening to disco. Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #7

I hear you Skittles May 2016 #10

I was buying new Zeppelin albums and tapes back then. Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #22

I used to listen to the Yardbirds on Radio Caroline in England Skittles May 2016 #23

Radio Caroline?! Seriously? MindPilot May 2016 #25

In the New York area kids listened to WNEW and WBAI when we grew up leveymg May 2016 #27

Now it's contracting. Spitfire of ATJ May 2016 #43

Shrinkage in reverse proportion to the need for money. leveymg May 2016 #52

my grandparents lived on the coast Skittles May 2016 #37

ever listen to Radio Luxembourg back then? IcyPeas May 2016 #36

I did pick it up a few times but if I remember right it did not come in as well as RC Skittles May 2016 #57

I preferred Radio London myself. Boudica the Lyoness May 2016 #56

gas lines were under Carter moonbabygo May 2016 #45

First round was 1972-1974 OPEC embargo under Nixon Beausoleil May 2016 #49

it actaully started in oct of 73 moonbabygo May 2016 #50

yes, that was worse than the one under Carter eShirl May 2016 #53

And yet that period gave rise to some incredible cultural achievements KamaAina May 2016 #6

Full of gangs in the 70s like this one Stuckinthebush May 2016 #9

lol, I had to Google Warriors Skittles May 2016 #11

Such a great terrible movie, Skittles! Stuckinthebush May 2016 #12

they reminded me of Village People Skittles May 2016 #15

Your homework this weekend Stuckinthebush May 2016 #17

America's First Racially-Integrated Gang! jmowreader May 2016 #14

Oh, Cyrus Stuckinthebush May 2016 #16

Our little...piece...of turf! Iggo May 2016 #19

Now it's full of Norrin Radd May 2016 #18

Question for New Yorkers: What's the current status of the Bronx? Arugula Latte May 2016 #21

It's too late to get into the market in any of the 5 Burroughs. leveymg May 2016 #29

I am in no position to get into any NY real estate. Arugula Latte May 2016 #33

Times Square used to be cool. Philly-Union-Man May 2016 #28

The prostitution is all corporate now. Wall St and multinational chains own everyone leveymg May 2016 #30

The problem was that everything that the people who ran the city from the bottom up used Warpy May 2016 #31

Even the roads felt like they were poorly patched after a bombing FLPanhandle May 2016 #32

Holy shit! Christine is in this pic!: Aristus May 2016 #35

the color is right, though... Blue_Tires May 2016 #38

epic kick Blue_Tires May 2016 #39

Amazing pics! Thank you! smirkymonkey May 2016 #40

Looks like parking was a lot easier back then... bullwinkle428 May 2016 #41

Yes, but what condition would you find your car in when you returned? FLPanhandle May 2016 #42

NYC was an infinitely more soulful and interesting place then melman May 2016 #44

WNYC is doing a series on gentrification in NY alarimer May 2016 #46

People prefer this shit to gentrification? taught_me_patience May 2016 #47

I think there are more than merely two implicit options to choose from. LanternWaste May 2016 #48

Well if you have to move out of a place you could afford jwirr May 2016 #51

the last straw for a few of my relatives was when police snipers... Sen. Walter Sobchak May 2016 #54

I was in NYC in the early 70's. Boudica the Lyoness May 2016 #55