new york 1960's

[ThomasDeLello]

Cafe Wha...? at 4:16 . I've been there. It might have been to see Arlo Guthrie or the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. Long time ago... huh...?!

[barryonedrop1]

When NYC was real! each neighborhood was a little differant, I miss the grit!, imagination, Music, Art blooms in grit, today everything is so white wash the same crap all over!

[mike23456789101112]

OLD GAY AND LAME NO ELECTRONIC THANK GOD ( FAKE PERSON) I WAS BORN IN 90s

[retroolschool]

@mike23456789101112 U must be retarded right? This absolutely brilliant footage, with fitting Afro rhythms....!

[ozulu45]

@mike23456789101112 90's eh? another transgender pussy who has daddy issues? did you try to commit suicide yet? emo bitch?

[mike23456789101112]

@ozulu45 Shouldn't you be at your kids school rehearsing touching the little kindergarteners old man

Im currently working out plz leave ur room the 70s 80s sucked coke head

[ozulu45]

@mike23456789101112 havent figured it out yet? girl or boy? whats it gonna be tranny?

[ozulu45]

@mike23456789101112 and still a little emo bitchboy!

[mdhookey]

I'm looking for Don Draper.

[AmberWaves444]

After a couple mins. of the music, I stopped watching. Wow, what a headache!

[Blakkhawks]

@AmberWaves444 Ever heard of volume control?  wow

[truejamworks]

Too much pixelization, much more than necessary.

[CuteCatFaith]

Thanks, uprated and will share. I didn't live there until the '70s but had a lot of older friends and loved seeing their scrapbooks and home movies.

[tonylimo]

shitty quality



[stekel60]

VERY VERY NICE AGAIN THANK YOU!!!...

all the best...

fred

[5150jango5150]

5150jango5150 ay could some buddy lell me wich art blaky this is

[Inspiredbythefire123]

Ahh. The '60s. Back when the universe made sense.

[gallantfellow]

Art BLaKEy!!!!! 

[Khultan]

So, who's been to the Peppermint Lounge in NYC in the mid to late 1960s?

[lul321000]

now all these people are old

[lennonzappa71]

Thanks for posting this. Man, I wish I had been around then to have seen Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention perform at the Garrick Theatre in '67. It's a shame so many outlets for live music have closed down since then.

[6motion6]

The music goes well with the video! NYC really had character back then.

[15winton]

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[nonthere]

A White-built city inhabited by Whites, just as it should be. You ever go down 5th Ave. at night these days? Filthy arab falafel stands blasting their cat-strangle music. To have grown up back then is to have experienced America and New York at it was intended, not like the third-world shithole it is now.

[ProperStuff]

@nonthere.....Incorrect.....wa­s never a white city....definitely was not built by whites......and it was more of a shit hole when you whites tried to take full control.

[nonthere]

@ProperStuff Not built by whites?! Completely and utterly delusional!

[ProperStuff]

@nonthere ..once upon a time you were successful at making some black folk believe they were actually delusional .....today my friend you have not got what it takes to dictate to me how things actually were.

[violentpotato116]

ppl arent locked up at home shivering at the supposed depression to come like the govt wants you to believe ppl are out spending like always pedestrian and subway traffic is like if u were still in the 90s so idk most of u ppl dont seem like u kno wat ur tlking about 3days of touring the city doesent make for a valid or even feasible opinion

[violentpotato116]

First.of all nyc is not like other major american cities, it has a diverse history and its own vibrant culture, its the most diverse city in the world, and when im walking down the industrial wastes of Astoria Queens and see the candelabra-like Queensboro 59st bridge crashing into Manhattan and its beautiful skyline I know its a feeling and sight unlike anything else in the world and NO nyc is not like it was in the 70s life here is basically untouched by the so called recession

[14jwh]

I love that rockefeller center has not changed a bit

[FairlawnOhio]

@BlackcakesFL except miami doesnt have an impressive skyline and all of their scrapers are modern. we have a collection starting in the 1890s to present day

[FairlawnOhio]

@BlackcakesFL but they dont have any old brownstones or beautiful art deco high rises. and i completely agree, all places change, but is it for the better or the worse? thatll always be up for debate. but although the old beauties are slowly being covered by ugly glass boxes =( nyc is still the amazing place its always been. no other city the same, but i disagree from when you said that you cant distinguish nyc from places like montreal and what not

[FairlawnOhio]

@BlackcakesFL thats personal preference. people strive on the diversity, amount of people and atmosphere of NYC. if you prefer animals and what not i guess upstate ny would suit somebody more... but theres a reason 8 million live here. and why are you responding as if im forcing my opinion upon you? but at the end of the discussion miami doesnt have art deco masterpeices like the empire state

[BlackcakesFL]

@FairlawnOhio yeah reason for its population is back then many ppl from all over the world..and other states saw nyc for opportunites..and new york city was more immigrant friendly than the southern states annd where less opportunites SEE and hardcore racism..than the north,,and over time many come to NYC...nyc has also ways been a big city snice 1800's miami was nothing but a farm town..but miami and other cites in FL had big land boom in 1920's.then miami grow..and yes it does have deco

[BlackcakesFL]

@FairlawnOhio and u DID force ur opinions on MEE MAN or watever u are.. the first time..??..all i was saying is how AMERICAN cities change more than european cities HAVE over time...uuu brought up ALL THE DECO MASS..mmm?

[FairlawnOhio]

@BlackcakesFL but thats not why people go down south! people go to cities like NYC for the vibrancy, the pace, the skyline, etc.. I go down south to places like miami every once in awhile on vacation so just relax in the slower paced environment. its a nice change every now and then, i love both cities, but i prefer NYC to live in

[BlackcakesFL]

@FairlawnOhio  but new york may seem like a nice city and it is but...but the layout is not safe..not for major stroms like hurricane or twisters..ohh yeah..it rarely get that far or happens in that part...but i guess nyc wasnt thinking. about THAT cus it rarely gets stroms or what not..but miami have stronger codes ..nyc has many buildings that have no codes some do anyway..but it would be impossble to get around to traped ppl ..in this cause..YES new york is beautiful BUT safe wise noo..?

[RobertoLopezstudyis]

New York was the best place to be in the 1960s!

[TheLastLightForum]

Henry- Really dig your film. I wrote you via a YouTube email a little over a month ago to ask your permission to use a few seconds of this film for a documentary I'm doing. The email explains everything. Check your Inbox and let me know if this is feasible. Thanks.

[Sholom1000]

My Husband, Mark was Born in New York City and Was there when this was shot!

Shalom and God Bless!  Jane.

[JkillaJ15]

@Sholom1000 yall are old as hell im born in 1993

[beerdeddi]

sick drummer!

[dao3rd123]

Man, it does take me back. I remember going to the Cafe Wha? many times. We had good times then.

[ImOfNope]

Fantastic! All of those young people are now either dead or old men and women. There's something beautiful about this film.

[gli7utubeo]

And "Wait Until Dark" at Radio City ~ late fall '67.

[artstar19]

For all the yuppies that romanticize about NYC or that era in general: you must realize that America is an immigrant country. People and places and cultures are constantly shifting. America as a whole is in a similar crisis that affected NYC during the late 60s and 70s. It is only a matter of time until you see whole towns abandoned and neighborhoods in cities that look just as bad as places in NYC looked back then, if not worse. The only difference is that it won't be NYC where you will see it

[Quartrez]

@artstar19 America is not a country, it's a continent.

[BreezesofConey]

@artstar19 Uhhhhh yuppies? Shows how much you know. The yuppies are the ones who've ruined NYC who care nothing for NYC's history. The despise our colourful and wicked 60s and 70s. They herald the closing of Times Sq to make it a pedestrian mall for ass hole tourists from the mid west. They supported the closing of adult establishments throughout the city, bitch about the prostitution and gay culture outside their lofts on 14th St. knowing what the neighbourhood was when they infiltrated.

[zhn0k]

i'm glad i wasn't alive back then

[artstar19]

Like all American cities, NYC is currently a shadow of it's former great self.

[Kell1295]

NYC was very blurry back then

[unknowndude941]

WOW NO HISPANICS AND ASIANS! NOW TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE, NOW WHO TOLD THEM TO APPEAR THERE! NO WONDER THERE IS RACISM!!

[Izakokomarixyz]

@unknowndude941 I don't get it, what do you mean?

[juventus0830]

noone is on a cell phone

[hgeny]

@juventus0830

Those days are truely gone. no cell phone, no I-pods plugged into ears, american made cars, People actually talked. Variety. You knew you were in N.Y. Today every major city looks the same. Can't tell if you are in boston, NY, Chicago, Montreal. All the same stores. Just tall buildings, no character. You might as well visit a Walmarts. 

[juventus0830]

@hgeny I live in Manhattan and I find this sort of snapshot of city life in the late 60's fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

[krevice]

@hgeny i hate to say it but i agree. it has nothing to do with age(im 42) it has to do with opening your eyes. times square looks like a outdoor shopping mall

[delorme9]

@hgeny I agree with everything you said ,except not all cities look the same even today I am from Montreal and I've been to NYC several times they're differences, if you don't beleive just compare NY to LA and you will see what I mean

[indyfan22k]

@hgeny

Walmart, politics and greed ruined this once great USA.

[FairlawnOhio]

@hgeny i wouldnt go that far. i like how nyc was more gritty back then, but nyc still has the most beautiful prewar buildings as well as all the great depression sky scrapers. while the skylines of miami, montreal, etc are only made of post 50s buildings. nyc still has character

[dizkoteck]

@hgeny LOL so true. I moved from NYC to Dallas and Dallas looks like Boston

[BreezesofConey]

@juventus0830 Do you and everyone you know have one? I do not, nor do a few of my friends. We like talking and realizing there is a world around us.

[Rufskin13]

@juventus0830 Because the cell phone was invented in the late 80's

[unfortunatebeam]

@Rufskin13 it was invented before that

[5150jango5150]

@juventus0830 

[siu79]

Very cool.

[CodeTwo2]

For a long time, looking back even ten years was almost frowned upon, it was all about "progress". In recent years though, people of all ages are lamenting times past. Many young people, not even born at the time, love reseaching the 70s & 80s, and the music. I think that says a lot about the annoying slavery-like treadmill of modern "life". It all started to fall apart after the early 90s In my opinion.

[ImOfNope]

A time of change was upon New York City in the 60's. Radically, but necessary. This is what I love about New York so much. You can see many of these places and they literally haven't really changed much, if any. New York has had it's moments though, both great and bad. Great video. Someone took this decades ago and probably never thought it would end up on something called Youtube or the Internet. Now the world can see it. Shadows of our old selves.

[cinnomonsinner]

aww fuk this made me cry thanks man for uploading awwwww

[hgeny]

@cinnomonsinner thank you, thank U. NY will never be the same. Always changing.  We were young, beatniks then, later hippies.

[cinnomonsinner]

@hgeny yes those days were always th best now look what this era has come to

[rightfredsdead]

@cinnomonsinner listen you fuckers. you screwheads. heres a man who wont take it anymore...who would not let..listen you fuckers. you screwheads. heres a man who would not take it anymore. a man who stood up to the scum. the cunts. the dogs. the filth. the shit. here is someone who stood up...here is....

[cinnomonsinner]

@rightfredsdead what are you talking about

[rightfredsdead]

@cinnomonsinner its off taxi driver. the film.

[teletubetodd]

Awesome! All those little cafes, stores, theaters, parks and intimate gathering spaces — truly things of the past in New York. The Art Blakey score was in perfect sync with the rhythm of the film and the era it recorded. Thanks!

[891156]

I love it!!!

[EMCEMITCH]

oh the good ole days when the hookers would go through your pockets while youwere in ''heaven''

[LJB1031]

Imagine, People walking around without cell phones attached to their ears!

[thebjm1967]

i LOVE this!!!!!!!

[Rico8458]

not now, dominicans are the new champs.

[Verinoble]

What tune from Blakey?

[Khultan]

Jeanette Jacobs would be in her teens in the 60s. : )

[TheBigMansini]

What's the name of the Blakey song used in this vid? I dig it hardcore.

[dagr382]

American cars in the streets - what a wonderful and striking contrast to the shocking number of Japanese cars littering the City now.

[LastTree]

Cool music very good.

[editdave]

This is amazing! I love seeing Bleecker Street and Washington Square (I used to live in the Village) and particularly Times Square from the early '60s. I'm glad they cleaned up the porn, but they took away so much of the unique character.

[Rico8458]

i know the truth. the dagos gave the drugs to the ricans and blacks.

[MRHolmes28]

great video brings back alot of memories

[Rico8458]

during this time only the jews, irish, italians, blacks, puerto ricans, were the major groups  in our city. we did have all these aliens immigrant mexicans and dominicans here sucking off the welfare system

[ELqueLEmeteDURO]

@Rico8458 oh but you did have a bunch of puerto ricans liek oyur self suicking alot of blakc dick and welfare money. atleast the irish and italians stuck to themselves. you puerto ricans in new york are all half black now bahahahah

[andyobby]

@Rico8458 puerto ricans are experts at sucking the life outta the welfare system far more than any other people.

[CarveOn]

cafe wha? - legendary

[datkoolbrutha]

Even though I was born in 71, I enjoyed watching this.I always wanted to see what it was like in the 60s. Compare this to know and it's amazing how much has changed.Just check out how people were dressed, and the look of the automobiles in that time!

[rocknrollhoocheecoo]

Cafe Wha? In the Village man that joint still hops. Low ceilings a flight down benn there not from there but been there,Blue Note not far off nor Saint Marks place.I love the F'd up village man. Let me hit that.....dude.Ah hahaha

[nonthere]

A double whammy, My hometown back when I was growing up and Art Blakey, one of the four guys that opened up the world of jazz drumming to me.

[forumlivii60]

Wow!! New York in 1960 is white city !!!!

[Joejazz78]

Great Film when was NYC was real cool.

Which Art Blakey composition accompanies the film?

[NYerintransit]

Heh. Even in the the 1960's you had Bible thumpers on the streets of NYC.

[Rico8458]

The Bronx was perfect. all irish and italian and jewish. only small amount of puerto rican in the south. not like today where the entire bronx is african and dominican and mexican

[Khultan]

@Rico8458 You sound like a blockoid.

[Rico8458]

the 60's and early 70's the best time , later all this aliens immigrants came here and ruin our city

[margotdarby]

@Rico8458 I appreciate your candor, however I find the city much cleaner and more manageable today. If you wanted to live in Manhattan in those days, your choice of nice neighborhoods was strictly limited to the UES, and parts of Midtown East and maybe the Village.

[joeblowthehot]

oh my GOD thanks man!!!

[zeuqzavaj]

was that Watchman rorshack with his repent billboard outside TAD'S steakhouse on the corner of 42nd St. and the subway stairs?

[ursa41]

I was only in my single digits ( born in '64) growing up in NYC in the late '60s but I was pretty much aware of my surroundings. Rockfeller Center was a memory remembering my grandfather and I watching my parents ice skate in the rink back in Winter '68. My opinion? Those were better, simpler times and people were wonderful, too. THAT was Good Ole New York!!!

[JestAnoutherPistol]

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

[erutahere]

'Death of Autotune' lol I was expecting Jay Z to start rapping at 0:29

[eecortese]

The earliest possible date of this is definately not prior to October 26, 1967.

At 3:00, a view of Radio City Music Hall is seen. Careful viewing of the marquee reveals "Alan Arkin and Richard Crenna." The only film that these two actors ever appeared in together was "Wait Until Dark." RCMH was a serious first run theater in those days and this was the films' world premier location.

[brianpez]

cool video this music is powerful

[giles422]

this is great

[hgeny]

thank you thank you.

[pannoni1]

I believe this is October 1967 (with reference to what's playing at Radio City, along with the To Sir With Love poster). The Rockefeller Rink is open, but many trees are still green as well. The "2 colored traffic lights" are still predominant, but a couple intersections show the full red-yellow-green lights. One-way arrows still didn't have the black background yet. The city was going downhill FAST fiscally, and the ghettos were expanding.

[sohosean]

Definitely right on the date.

[noreaga12326]

thank u very much for posting this. i was born in 75 but i remember the nyc being like this shown on the video. brings back a lot of child hood memories.

[MrMiles716]

those wee the good times in nyc today it is all geared up for the rich people you cant even by a cheap decent meal in nyc anymore

[Dancing4Forever]

...and the Mongo Santamaria ad @ about 7:15...he was a very popular Cuban musician around that time...he died in the early 80s...

[lshplayer90]

no, he died in 2006.

[Dancing4Forever]

ohh that's right! my bad...I confused him with somebody else. But yes he did die in 2006.

[Dancing4Forever]

Omg at about 6:45 - CAFE WHA? - that place is still there today..

[Drivenut4]

uuhh yea! its legendary...

[TheAjdam]

Loving the music!! Carnival time!!!!

[MrGnaes]

great movie and some sweet jazz

[hgeny]

Glad you enjoyed.

[maryjulie2]

My friend from New York told me that New York in the sixties was the greatest at all.

[hgeny]

It was exciting, you know you had visited a place were new things were happening.

[sitro74]

Man, that music is crazy. Very cool music for the vid. Thanx

[jepsipepsi17]

Amazing look into the past in Manhattan.Yes it is about 67 or so. Its funny too, as much as the city has changed it's still a lot the same today....

[exita99]

the music has great sound and beat...what is it?

[iutuber1]

People were so slim and fit then..It must be '67 as 'To sir, with love' was on the marquee at 8:09

[Khultan]

@iutuber1 Yeah, I see kids starting about 1990 to present and their on the sugar diet (candidates for diabetes) and weight issues derived from it.

[sentai22]

wow 1960 this is when the city started to go downhill

[MrWza]

this is real nice, some nice piece of footage

[hgeny]

thanks, wasn't easy.

[eatapicture]

Nice choice of audio to keep the beast alive ; )

[BobWXXI]

Judging by the passing cars (including classic Mustangs and Impalas) and people's haircuts, this one's got to be from the spring of 1966...

[ChopstickBrando]

1:12 -- I could almost smell the chestnuts.

[nargilaw]

my city is gone

[ny718bx]

Fantastic.. Thank you for uploading this.

[sshapewa]

time fucking flies

[tripjet999]

One major problem: smoking wasn't banned then, as it shoudl have been.

[forloveoffilm]

So long as tobacco leaves adorn the halls of both houses of congress it would seem rather hypocitrical to ban smoking. Were it not fot tobacco, the USA we know would not exist. Tobacco and war are the best ways to reduce overpopulation and make money at the same time. It's the American way.

[italobambino43]

I love Art blakey, my dad was a musician, I have his record colection, I love Art blakey as did he, love this video, New York was still clean in 1960.

[masterlee123]

No japanese cars insite, love it!!!!

[Ryoku75]

No people standing around texting either!

[martinjacksonbbd]

No people youtubing either!

[Ryoku75]

Who needed youtube when shows like Speed Racer or Rocky and Bullwinkle were on? Not to mention the movies back then, before the CGI takeover in the US.

[Keezie27]

Great video, thx for posting!

[petercrowley41]

In the first half of the 20th Century, Greenwich Village and Times Square were virtually next door to North Beach and Hollywood Blvd. While there was friendly competition, east coast music was appreciated out west and vice versa. Now all these places have been Disneyfied and Bohemia exists only in the memories of old folks.

[CyDaSnake]

Out of curioity, what do you mean by Disneyfied?

[petercrowley41]

Made corporate, safe, sanitized.

[CyDaSnake]

Oh, so in other words they took the playground and left the sand.

[jimbobklyn1963]

made cute.

mass marketed.

[unfortunatebeam]

What year is this? It has to be some time in the late 60s.

[mjd775]

....John Bonham, Moby Dick!!!

[bagua888]

you tube is amazing.i never thought i would find old footage of New York. thanks for posting.

[jfw657]

Judging from the movie marquee at 8:11 I'm guessing the film was shot in 1967.

[micismyname]

i saw a 1967 ford t-bird

[BettyByte]

Henry, thanks so much for sharing this, it's fantastic.

[hockneyspics]

Love the images of Bleeker St.

[lexiibabbii113]

Cool VId.

[payless1981]

Luv this, funny how most of those areas still look the same today, just the fashions and a few new businesses.

[hgeny]

The music is "Ritual" by the Jazz Messengers, featuring Art Blakey---West Coast Music

[FluroFriends]

where's the song from? the music is wonderful