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Dirty Seedy Times Square and 42nd St. ("The Deuce") before gentrification

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Uploaded by on Mar 2, 2009

A look into the lurid and depraved (and some would say more interesting) Times Square and 42nd street of the past.

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  • Who does the song in the this video. Its awesome. Iron Butterfly?

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  • It fuckin pains me to see these images of Times Sq/42nd of the 1970s. I was born in 1979 so by the time i was old enough to get out to the City on my own in the late 1990s this was already "cleaned up." I am obsessed with things 1970s... especially New York City. I live in the tri-state area so I make it to the city, myself, at least 2x a year. I love the City dearly but there was just something special and unique about the grit and grime of this period that can't be duplicated or overshadowed.

  • Give it a thumbs up if you ate at that Tad's Steak.

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  • 5:56 OUUUUUUCH!

  • NYC was a lot cooler back then. Now it's just a place for rich bastards and it sucks! You can't even walk the streets unless you are a millionaire let alone live there.

  • New York used to the cultural mecca of the world. Now it's fuckin Yuppieville and I despise it.

    I hate this gentrified consumerist pop culture. They've destroyed what once was the most diverse city in the world.

  • Where are the RrrRrrraAAAAAAAmmmmooonnness ???? Richard Hell ? N.Y R & R clubs ? Max's on Park av. ? the CBGB's ? Mother 's ?

  • Is that footage from Water Power i'm seeing.

  • used to be scores of hookers who would rub you up and pick your pocket---what fun ---lol

  • I ate at the Howard Johnson's, whata shithole! hahaha

  • Love the shot of "Orange Julias"...I used to hit up the one in Port Authority.

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