This Is New York, 1950

[vexviper]

Oh yes a time with out liberals and gays and socialism I love it! Thank you!

[RidiculouslyLuis]

Its actually now more safer than the 1960s.

[Quex01]

The peak of our civilization.

[stekel60]

LOVE THESE OLD PICTURES!!!...

[WynnterReverie]

Arthur is sexy.

[gameboy12341]

How many times I've been asked "If you went back in time, when would it be and where?" And I have ALWAYS said "1950's NYC" Since it werent a shithole back then

[gameboy12341]

@blauaugen63 But it would be funny if a guy froze himself in 1950 and woke up these days saying "today I feel so gay!" lol =/

[Mrsunny649]

My father says the best time to be alive in America was between 1945 - 1960...then things started going down hill.

[DarkosApprentice]

@Mrsunny649

I'd say it went downhill in the 2000s.

[patertre]

My loved New York in the 1950. My dreamed city. Thanks for this marvelous and outstanding video.

[prepschoolkid]

@blauaugen63 Actually the word "gay" lost its innocence centuries ago. It used to be a euphemism for pretty much anything that was sexual.

[LazlosPlane]

700 docks. That says it all about the destruction (by design) of NYC, by Rockefellers and their henchman, Robert Moses. For four hundred years NYC was the greatest harbor in the world, with hundreds of ships going in and out every day, providing jobs and supporting industry.

ALL GONE.

For what? Law offices, co-ops, condos, and other high rent spaces.

RIP, nyc. RIP. 

[ciel222]

IF YOU WERE WHITE HETEROSEXUAL PERSON, NEW YORK WAS VERY GOOD DURING THESE TIMES.

THERE WERE NO DIVERSITY BACK THEN. THE GAY COMMUNITY WASN'T YET VISIBLE, THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACES THAT WE SEE TODAY.

TODAY NEW YORK IS TASTEFUL, IT HAS SPICES. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPE OF PEOPLE , AND DIFFERENT TYPE OF STUFFS. AND I LIKE IT THAT WAY.

[ika6667]

@ciel222 The fuck you talking about? NY is all and has always been diverse, idiot!

[ciel222]

@ika6667 No stupid ass , blockhead. NY became diverse at a certain time, Not in the 1950's. It was after that period. GET IT RIGHT DUMBASS.

[ika6667]

@ciel222 Wow you really know your history, tell me then, what only race was in NY? Native Americans? Your the dumbass, NY had Irish, Italian, Jewish, Chinese ect...before the turn of the century. Your a fucking idiot.

[ciel222]

@ika6667 YOU BLOCKHEAD, give me a break. italian, jewish , irish are whites, they are not people of color, when I say diversity I mean people who are not white. During the 1950's the percentage of people who were not white in NY were very small . And the Gay community was not open like it is today. The city at that time was very highly whites and racist. So you are the idiot , get your history straight.

[ika6667]

@ciel222 Um, since when are Italians and Jews white? They look more Arabic with the brown eyes, tan skin, big noses and ears ect...

[Nefus1988]

No diversity back when!

[roselandalvin]

@Nefus1988 diversity is the code word for violence - decay- civility -sophistication - etc etc- Yes it was less diverse back then - Don't buy into that crap

[peaou]

thieves lucky american families...

[qqrazy]

40's and 50's that was the real new york now its just unsafe and ugly

[WipeOut180]

@qqrazy Unsafe? i live in New York and its actually very safe, look at the crime statistics, NY is the safest of the large cities in the United States. 

[mickeymouse14]

war never changes.....even after the world fell into a hellish nightmare of nuclear fire and and radiation..the once great city of New york...story's from before the war tell of a bushing metropolis, steal girders and plains of glass made up the sky line...but..war never changes...through the ash and horrors of a post apocalyptic world, newyork rose ..and once again claimed its place as the city that never sleeps...etc..etc 

[BeatmanMyth]

did anyone notice that in the 50s the empire state building doesn't have a barrier that prevents you from falling to your death???

[mythicalness]

@bkmoore773 cool story bro

[shrineheart87]

50's NYC is sooo glamorous.

[marvelfannumber1]

@shrineheart87

It looked the best in the 30s though.

[koreamy]

No mention of Greenwich Village?!

[canadian4sure]

That narrator reminds me of the guy that used to do school board films I had to watch in elementary school and high school. The voice sounds familiar.

[SweetJaneofGoth]

@blauaugen63 Like I'm gay and when Maggs and me were in NYC for GL day we went through GWV and there we stopped at the corner of Gay St and Christopher and had our picture taken hugging, kissing, and 69. I use whichever sounds best like going down on Maggs for a little lesbian clean up, or LGF, or lezzie, but most of the time I just say that I'm gay.

[namecyber]

@blauaugen63 Its meanng wasn't perverted, its meaning (in general usage) CHANGED, just like the meaning of every other word in English and every other language has changed. 'Etymology' - look it up.

[txmike9i5]

@blauaugen63 stfu youre gay

[jjgreek1]

seems like a very boring New York back then

[ghostseeker1]

Where oh where did this NYC go?

[ehunter2]

Gee...clean streets, everyone well dressed, polite, no homeless, no punks, no welfare mamas,

and everyone is WHITE....of course there is no connection between the two..none whatsoever. And as we all know since America has become MultiCultural..its

all so progressive. Remember now...Celebrate Diversity!

[prepschoolkid]

@ehunter2 NYC was mostly White back in 1900s and late 19th century too....but there were plenty of slums filled with crime, filth, and disease.

[ehunter2]

@prepschoolkid

Why yes there were slums and bad water and crime. And white people

invented the vaccines to fight the disease, they built the water reservoirs,

they cleared the slums. Look up who cured tuberculosis, cholera

and malaria. Look up who built the highways, the moderns schools.

Then borrow some money from mommie and daddy and go visit

Africa or South America and tell us what you find...okay Timmie?

[prepschoolkid]

@ehunter2 Thats cool, I don't deny that, I am eternally grateful. NYC is actually one of the cleanest, and safest cities in the US right now. Also South America has made a lot of progress over the decades, Brazi for example l is becoming a world power, and Chile fast becoming a "first world" nation.

[number1streetracer]

Americans weren't fat back then

[manny298]

OMG this is racist because they do not pass 110 st... Why don't they visit Harlem?

[missmyaforsken]

@manny298 safety issues They weren't allowed to drive thru Harlem with tanks and full millitary gear, so they stayed below 110th st

[robgthom123]

Enjoyable historical eye opener - many thanks.

[gina888warhol1]

ok,thanks for posting this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wandaslice]

NYC was great in that era It started to get really bad in the late 60s 70s and 80s in that time timres square was all porn shops and drug delaers. now in the past decade or so NYC has reclaimed some of it and is actually quite safe i heartt nyc

[Nationsnotregimes]

@wandaslice

IMO when Eastern Airlines started flying roaches by the plane load to NYC it was over by 1958-59, as street crime against innocent folks climbed and families started running before the 1965 equality crime for every one started.

[arturwiech6]

hahaha stupid,in 50's they didint have HD quality sorry ;)) hahaha

[RF1995ROCK]

Very interesting！！

I am interested in 50s culuture.

[rgmatos2]

Demogays killed NY! :(

[electrogeek77]

@rgmatos2 Bigoted shmucks killed...well, everything. :(

[antoniocareddu]

fantastico

[BoudiccaBlanc]

Thank you for posting this video. That is the NYC I remember.

It wasn't perfect but there were lots of jobs; even Manhattan had housing that was affordable; the streets and neighborhoods were (for the most part) clean; the crime rate was low and people were, usually, polite.

The NYC school system and CUNY were the envy of cities world-wide!

[spadesTPC]

@BoudiccaBlanc ...damn well things have changed ...im 19 and nyc definatly isnt like that today....i wish i could go back to then and see what it was like minus the racial bullshit of the time. im sure it would be interesting

[LordoftheKaty]

@spadesTPC I agree, aside the racism, those were the best days America had to offer.

[missmyaforsken]

@LordoftheKaty racism is what kept the major cities clean safe and wondrous monuments to urban living - Those are the facts -When neighborhoods were segregrated into enclaves by race, ALL the neighborhoods flourished - Ask any white- black etc person who grew up in the 30s and 40s - Now our city neighborhoods are slums- Detroit was world class-Now it is a decayed war zone which has no meaing other than to keep drug and gun toting scum who respect nothing and no one, in business

[HuckleberrySlim]

As far as this commenting section goes, people wouldn't dare be this bigoted in person. They've tried being that unjustifiably cruel face to face and caused all kinds of trouble all through history. People are going to defend their rights, and they should. I'm tired of seeing anonymous bullies getting out of their system what they don't have the bravado to do face to face.

[herbalvegas]

This is the 1950s. No gays existed then... and the streets were paved with gold and everyone wore ties and went to bed on time.

(sarcasm)

[spadesTPC]

@herbalvegas ..yea 1950s is the time of fakeness. it was mad structured. lol its funny..

[vagnervagula2]

interesting how the business man who sells the trip does not greet the two women.

[lasuvidaboy]

If it was'nt for the 'gays' in NYC, there would be no Broadway or Fashion industry:)

[redonionsauce]

You think???? You just insulted my mother, Edith Head and all the models on the NYC runways back in the day.. They were not gay. Broadway has been there since the turn of the 1900's. Get your facts straight

[lasuvidaboy]

You don't think Edith Head just had the tinyest bit of input from her gay boy designers?? Get YOUR facts straight hon!

[redonionsauce]

Not in the 1950's.

[redonionsauce]

Were you around in 1950?

[as97ir]

mm hem ur right cause women started the fashion industry

[edwardoalvarez22]

The people ware alot safer back then. Black people ware locked up in Harlem. White women ware alot safer also. The good old days

[klimildah]

I remember riding on the Third Avenue El

those were the good days. God Bless America

[ACLTony]

It was a much cleaner and safer city back then. This was before the 60s era of urban decay.

[whiskers123]

@ACLTony

New York is still one of the safer cities in America.

[c9ari]

Are all the train stations they talk about still there?

[regenjo]

" a heart that's young and gay" *lol*

[noahf67]

Impeccable. A city we may never see again.

[HR5308]

This city was not so great we today probably imagine. But yes you are right; times fade away and these pictures are the only, what remains from all that. The change was in the 60th; but why this change occured, I don`t know.

[noahf67]

My earliest exposure to NYC bore many of the fading remnants of that era. It was style.

[redonionsauce]

Why? Because of apathy, no one gave a s____

[pietrogirardi]

Barricades in Wall st. weren't only against indians, but also New England colons and english... but whites are casually forgotten by the speaker! A beautiful document though, son of its age.

[Wehategod]

wow this so cool. Not mention you still had the Third Avenue EL

[DIllyDallies]

Thanks (:

i need to do a project, and this really helps !

thanks, again!

[Doodsjager]

Really awesome!

Someday, New York!