New York City in the 70s (2nd)

[GoBlessYourSelf]

Sylvester Stallone's brother's band LOL

[NeneLindo13]

GOOD OLE DAYS

[musclecarluvr1]

I love to scan these videos to try and find musclecars, but wow this was the lead-sled era...everyone thought the bigger...the better. Seems strange they were rolling out big heavy cars with the energy crisis. I still remember long gas lines and gas limits. And oh ya- those warm summer nights at the disco. Take me back Lord!!

[8thRRFS]

Times Sq. was great back in the 70s, gritty, exciting. Now, it's a friggin' Disneyland.

[noreaga12326]

@8thRRFS I couldnt agree with u more. Not only times square but ALL of New York City was the real deal back in the 70s 80s and even some of the 90s. Now, NYC is all disneyland and full of annoying and snobby college yuppies. They annoy the hell out of me. If i could turn back the hands of time, i would defitnitely want THIS nyc back.

[paulph12002]

@8thRRFS Yes. Real whores back then instead of Corporate whores like McDonalds and Starbucks.

[afvc1980]

Alot of great stuff back then and a lot of shitty stuff too at least it was all legit back then not like the BS today . 

[Mrheadcrak]

i think most ppl realize these days were fucked up... the prob is that ny is less a reality for a lot of ppl now than it ever was. and considerablly lamer....which is better?

[THYRDEYE]

Must see sleazy NYC trash/pop culture tour from the early 90's. Times Square and more..... Explore all the landmarks that have dissapeared. The Urban EYE part 1,2,3 on the THYRDEYE channel.

[artstar19]

I understand it's fun to romanticize about the city during that time period, as I am an artist and NYC back then was an ideal place for a starving artist. But in reality it was downright depressing. I have an Aunt who stays in Harlem and has been there since the 70s. Her daughter was murdered in a vacant tenement during that time. The Panic in Needle Park is a good depiction of NYC back then.

[LittleEmoBoy001]

@artstar19

Hasn't new york city always been a difficult place for poor people to survive in?

[artstar19]

For the people saying that it was amazing or whatever: NYC in the 60s and 70s was NOT as great and "hip" as some may think. Ask any real New Yorker who stayed in some of the run down tenements or was into the drug scene in the city at that time. More realistic, yes; But that's about it.

[damian1202001]

This is excellent. . .I moved to NY in 1988 and always wondered how it looked in the 1970s. . .

[Anon7771]

Cool

[devmonbar]

NYC was a crappy ass city during the 1970's, I am so glad it rose from the ashes and is now the safest big city in the US. Now NYC is only for rich and poor people, rich people who can afford to live here and poor people who are enabled via public housing, well at least in Manhatthan (which is where I live and prefer to stay)

[LittleEmoBoy001]

@devmonbar

yuppie piece of shit. 

[devmonbar]

@LittleEmoBoy001

You are probably some wannabe hippie!

[CommunieNetwork]

bronx was the most dangerous city in the 70s.

[bjroberts65]

This song and upload makes me want to stand around a fire on a street corner on a a cold night drinking a bottle of wine..And taking in the city scene...Oh yea!!!

[bwork66]

I was born in 1966 in N.Y.C. so I was a child of elementary school age for most of the decade and I remember hating the 70's so much because it wasn't the sixties which my two older sisters were children of and feeling like I missed out on something special(e.g. 1964-'65 Worlds Fair).Watching the images on this video has made me realized how silly I was and how much I miss 1970's N.Y.C. today.It was outings with my parents or my sisters that allowed me to see those familiar images first hand.

[jd3189]

I was born in 1995 in New York. Now I live in stupid Florida,which I thought was better. I'm lucky to live in the time that The Twin Towers were still here. Everything went down since.

[allanyamaha]

1.Frank Stallone-Take You Back(Rocky Soundtrack)

2.The Funk Brothers-Tru Fine Boy

3.Herbie Hancock-Liberation

4.Marvin Gaye- I Heard to the Greapwine(instrumental)

5.Singin Sammy Ward-Triple Play

[LadyJay114]

@5:31 - that's the construction of the building that I work at - 55 Water St.

[realmrsmjackson]

@LadyJay114 omg!!!!!!!!!! my dad worked at that construction site wow what a small world he took me there on his day off to see what he do all day wow i was 22 yrs old good ol days

[realmrsmjackson]

@LadyJay114 WOW what a small world my dad worked there I was in my late teen years around 18-20 im guessing im 49 now so i dont remember exactly but it was the best times of my life i thought his job was so cool will never forget water street or Johnny's Pizzaria

[protoalfio]

why wasn't I born in the usa, in new york exactly

[nonstopclubber]

First song is "Take It Back" by Frank Stallone (Sylvester Stallone's brother) , from the motion picture "Rocky"

[haidcod]

What is the name of the first song and who sang it?

[Samparod]

Very good!!!

[celticqueen0206]

Yeah NYC The dirty gritty dangerous city of the 70s where the tough got going. Shout out to all the people who remember the blackout of '65 and 77! the picture of the caddy parked in front of the firehydrant says it all The lawlessness ! I love you my city youve ruined me for any other place, and you dont care.

[ZPEstudio]

i gonna start to cry

[pannoni1]

All New York Magazine issues from the 70s (as well as '68 and '69) are found in the Google Books magazine archives. Lots of vintage ads. My library has every New York Times issue from the 70s on microfilm and many vintage Village Voices from the 70s are in Google News Archive search. More character then, but a more dangerous. The second song reminds me of Detroit more than NYC however.

[ladikira86]

ahh yess. I looove NY. Im never gonna leave!

[skymunro]

This isnt NY anymore...this isnt the city I grew up in....where are you from? you sound like a transplant, you're no native....

[ladikira86]

I know this is not how NYC is anymore. Eventhough the pictures were taken in the 70s, its still NYC and that is what I was referring to. At the end of the day, I know who I am and where I come from. So please, dont judge me.

Have a nice day=)

[manhbx96]

I am proud to be from New York City born here raised here gon die here I rep Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn and Queens

[ladikira86]

heyy I rep Queens too=)

[manhbx96]

I rep all five boroughs honey to the fullest

[manhbx96]

wats up

[ninaaddave]

Staten Island?

[mishacol]

Yeah, I can feel that spirit.

Punks, skinny prostitutes, evil Soviets, large cars and stuff.

Fucking cool!

[scrapplecheesesteak]

Excellent video, and song selection. (especially the Frank Stallone "Take You Back") My 1st time here was Feb 1980, in awe of this town...I'll always associate Frankie Valli with that trip. On the way home back to Philly, my father had the 8 track cranking he installed in out family's '77 Ford LTD. lol

Good stuff Jack.

[port2344chester]

Whats the name of that funky tune @ 4:00 minutes. Old school tune that i can image in a car chase during the 70's. Funky ass tune man. Please tell me the name. Dennis Coffey????

[LucyLu117]

Yes indeed this was on the Rocky Soundtrack. It's Frank Stallone Singing this song.

[tecroat]

thanks for answering on my request....

[robertIspy]

Not to mention the Staten Island Ferry and Studio 54, y'all dig?

[tecroat]

can anyone tell me what the music is on the video?

[borninthe90sdecade]

yeah its a rocky soundtrack. i think from rocky 1 or 2

[dustz33]

It`s "Take you back" from Bill Conti

and it was in rocky 1

[the90210Stud]

I was thinking the exact same thing, robertlspy

[robertIspy]

Thanks

[robertIspy]

I wish I could go back in time and explore the 1970s New York City and see how different it looks from the New York City we have today! That'll be very amazing! If only I had a time machine!

[jtyshi7]

I really wish I could go back too

[johnlouisville]

@robertIspy

Here are some movies filmed in NYC in the 1970s that sort of give you the feel of what the city was like back then: Annie Hall, The Warriors, Taxi Driver, Gloria.

Late 1960s NYC: Midnight Cowboy, Rosemary's Baby

Bottom line: NYC in the 1970s was seedy and gritty...the city hit rock bottom around 1975-76...The upside is that it was not ferociously expensive...which enabled artist like Madonna to move there and make it big.

[Kell1295]

@robertIspy It was amazing <3

[robertIspy]

Remember the Twin Towers? Not to mention the Statue of Liberty.

[robertIspy]

The scariest event that happened to New York City is another blackout; that one happened on the night of July 13, 1977. The 1977 blackout has a lot of violence, a lot of people going after each other, looting and burning down stores! The police and fire crews did the best they could; there was nothing else they could do; they were hopelessly outnumbered!

[mrmarkymark77]

@robertIspy i watched the blackout from the Jersey side,my buds and i would take the bus over,drink.and look at the freaks.

[robertIspy]

Back then, in the 1970s, the New York City government has been spending more money than he could raise in taxes. Today, the New York City government is saving up money now.

[robertIspy]

New York City is very depressing, run-down and sad, but very different and exciting, though in the 1970s.

[robertIspy]

In the 1970s, New York City might be dirty but exciting!

[robertIspy]

New York City is facing so many problems and crisis in the '70s such as extreme poverty, high crime rate, subway graffiti, high unemployment, garbage piling up in the streets, murders, buildings burned down, high drug use, robberies, homelessness, and most of all, bankruptcy. Wow!

[robertIspy]

New York City is facing so many problems and crisis in the '70s such as extreme poverty, high crime rate, subway graffiti, high unemployment, garbage piling up in the streets, murders, buildings burned down, homelessness, and most of all, bankruptcy. Wow!

[rodrigoarayap1995]

@robertIspy Remember that people hated each other (even if it's been around for centuries), and I don't wanna know what was living in a family, with such a tense environment.

[robertIspy]

New York City is so different back then! I wish I could go back in time to explore and see how different New York City in the 1970s look from the New York City we have now! That would be a very cool trip!

[steverubellreborn]

it grabes painstakingly even clearly the seventeen's atmosphere.But,I think due to the too much port picture it is a littlebit booring.