EL BARRIO / SPANISH HARLEM 1980's

[bluemountaindrivepae]

Riding in a bus filming out the window. Was a good camera for the 80s.

[a1saouse]

good 'ol tape and beta camera's from the 80's , try recording the same shit with digital.... you wouldn't be able to see shit, but a bunch of out of focus pixels.

[fuegodude70]

@UntouchableNYsee WOW not much has changed since 1975 huh?

[wilson809isback]

They still had the projects back then??

[67tr876]

@wilson809isback Most projects were built back in the 1950s and 1960s

[cinnomonsinner]

aw man this looks so awesome wish i could live ther IN THE 60;S THOUGH!!

[craziikid9]

this is actually unique. if u notice someone video taping this 30 years ago and still have that video

[broadwaybv]

Driving up lexington ave first, then turns down 112th 0:26. Driving up 1st ave and 116th 0:46. TEST ME!

[astoriazfinest13]

@broadwaybv haa u must be trying to test the new yorkers out there or u just dont know that ur wrong...he's heading uptown on 3rd ave then makes a right onto 112st headin towards 2 ave

[broadwaybv]

@astoriazfinest13 Thanks man, I did mean to say third. I shouldn't have messed that up seeing that bike shop @ :10 lol Good looking!

[astoriazfinest13]

@broadwaybv lolololll np my G...New Yorkers Helpin New Yorkersloll

[MISTERQCUE]

Yeah baby, Jeff Proj all day!

OLQA from 64-72.

1 of the first fams in Jeff!

[KING5TORM1418]

you see the bronx in the 70's and 80's

[STBNY]

@KING5TORM1418 take a look at my video of the bronx..its preety cool

[uncleduzz]

very good looking compared to the city i live

[silvajaah]

ny!

[Butrluv]

Saw you made that turn on 112th street, I know the Projects there very well. Believe you were heading to First Avenue near Jefferson.

[chalochalo777]

102 st allday 1 av i rep ny to da death

[skymunro]

you dont know what your talkin about...look at pleasant ave...the parks dept warehouse torn down..on 116th and pleasant they are building a target..huge fuckin mall...million $ condos across from the Lexington houses. washington houses to the jeffersons...its all plastic...its all one big duane reades and starbucks...fucking yuppy migrants kicked up out

[wingchundragon]

just like they did the lower east side.

[skymunro]

yess suurrr...you know it.. speaking of LES.have you seen that ugly blue building on Norfolk st?? my man its soo out of place and ugly...but nothing bothers me more than the rich over privilaged pretentious yuppies with their head in their ass acting like their shit dont stink...

[wingchundragon]

of course!!! that blue building is the worst design ever! Its one thing if u clean up the neighborhood..its another if u allow rich yuppies to move in and take over with their "luxury" apts. But i dont know how they're gonna afford it with all of them losing their jobs going on unenployment like everyone else

[skymunro]

hahha...yo you went to A&D too?? I went there from 96-98...yeah man, yo...haha thats a trip...

[115stkid]

I was at olqa 55 -64 jefferson houses 55 - 72 (we were with the first families there)

I was born on 124th street between 1st and second in 1950.

[wemolaski]

119TH IN LEX WHATZ ROcKIN MOE 1923 ALL IS WELL EAST HARLEM AKA THE EVILSIDE

[7killrats]

yea da 80s when shit wuz real.

[sbe8592]

woow 3rd ave has changed

theres a couple of stores that are still there like that cuchifrtos ... lol

[skymunro]

hahaa you dont know the half of it..born n raised on 92nd an 3rd...yorkville/east harlem has all gone to the vultures (rich yuppy migrants)

[bootycaler]

yo the 80's waz fucked up..east harlem look way cleaner now...

[ElbARri0Boy]

That was 3rd avnue right

dam how old is that fish market store i jus got by crab sticks there the other day.

[nicolas7910]

i lived on 114 n 1st on 2002.

[Wpons76]

I used to work in Jefferson houses

[moneymom1]

wagner for life is you crazy

[mwazi1]

jefferson projects 4 life

[yungVEG83]

I"m from the hood and if u press pause with 1 second that store is suppose to be pegesus and that store was built in 92-93 its not even there so yup this is the 80's

[MilkyWayMarmalade]

cool- the last part was 1st avenue between 115-117 - I grew up on 118th

[EMDTV]

OLQA 84-92

[SoHarlem]

yeeeaaaa. passd my school when they made that rt turn. OLQA from 88 til 96. this looks like the 90s tho

[joni2691]

Sometimes you can tell the date of this footage(or any footage) thru the year of the cars/makes parked along side of a street. My guess is probrably taken in 1989-90. But from seeing this footage, El Barrio changed a lot specially on 3rd Ave(106th-125th st).

[Nyclassic2006]

I'm also thinking this was early 90's maybe like 92, you can also date the footage by what people are wearing if any are visible (especially young ones). The cars are also an indicator but in a place like spanish harlem you have to remember that if it is 90 most people have a car at least 8 years to 10 years old. This would be especially true in the 80's when the disparity between lower incomes and higher was greater than now. In the 90's the neighborhood incomes increased.

[skymunro]

yeah this was 90s not 80s..you catch a glimps of the old chase signs from banks in the 90's...

[pepys1633]

Where have all the Puerto Ricans gone?

[josecitomadera]

Orlando, Florida, LOL! Many are still there but not as visible as it once was.

[PRIVATEHUDSON77]

JAIL

[herrera139]

El barrio - where some of the best freestyle artists came from - SAFIRE & TKA!

[herrera139]

my old neighborhood, i live on the block the car turned on, right across the street from our lady queen of angels school. Wow - brings back memories of the summer "jams" fridays and saturday nights. Anyone remember??

[SoHarlem]

did u go to olqa?

[cocobrown212317]

I am from 99 st I wish I could see my block and i use on 112st

[Elight00]

el barrio is more peaceful then black harlem

[DNIGGYNICE]

u nuts?

[ricanspartan]

well both have crime one is not worst then the other even just yesterday 05/26/08 on 125 & Lex there was a shooting and a couple of people were shot the cops had to close to streets!

[osc2313]

everyone else is rite el barrio is still lo mismo

[ElJibaroBravo]

Hey Bus Driver....

SLOW DOWN!!!!!

[mwazi1]

jefferson projects, second half is the spot

[Aguirre78]

lol it does look the same

[bobby720]

hey, in ny theres a taxi service called, El Barrio, if anyone has heard of it, my dad is taxi no. 45

[onesexiigoddess]

@bobby720 my dad works with them too!!! but idk his taxi number he been there 25 years xDDD

[bobby720]

@onesexiigoddess damn really, i went to that elementary school for kindergarden on 117st

[abhcvn72]

Too bad the neighborhood's been invaded by yuppie transplant scum and infested with illegals.

[fonseca71]

Illegals from where?

[Nyclassic2006]

Alot of Mexicans. They have taken over 116 street with businesses and even have festivals and parades there! Yeah it shocked me when it began to happen slowly.

[Nyclassic2006]

Ha ha...its true but its also true that every group to East Harlem has had its chance to be the new comer whether illegal or not (Italians, Black, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans etc). I wonder if this was very late 80's because some of those businesses are still there! Thanks for the video!

[lares360]

112st every thing looks the same today execpt the cars

[vengadorRAP]

one love to tha barrio aki ablamos español motherfuckers

[Envyse7enSin]

Yeah it DOES look the same...oh well its better if it doesnt change...

[alstargo]

damn it was jus one more block from where i live b4 it ended everything looks the same though