Times Square NY in 1987

Times Square in April,1987 - 20 years ago, long before Disneyfication sanitized the area ,making it safe for Midwesterners. This is long before the web and http://nyc.metblogs.com and http://www.arctictropic.com.

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• 1987

[mythbuster43]

I find it somewhat hilarious that tourists now take their children to see shows at the New Victory theater, totally clueless to the fact that the original Victory theater was an XXX movie house.

[pika23]

hahaha! I remember visiting my uncle in manhattan in 1988 it was soooo sleazy...there was people who pooped on his porch...and people with squeegees who tried to clean your car windshield a far cry from todays NYC....i like it now too

[oldschoolbx1970]

@grindhousejunky79 Not to also mention others like Five Fingers of Death,Triple Irons,The Blood Spattered Bride,Godzilla Vs The Smog Monster,Horror On Snape Island,Daughters of Darkness,Mark of The Devil,The Family,and many many others.

[grindhousejunky79]

@oldschoolbx1970 Agreed. There will never be another era quite like the 60s- 80s for either cinema or theaters. I read about 42nd streets insane past (and that of the Combat Zone as well) and just try to envision how cool/fucked-up/scary/exciting it would be to go into one of those theaters like the infamous Anco theater and watch a tattered print of something like The Headless Eyes, or I Drink Your Blood or Welcome Home, Brother Charles or any given Andy Milligan film.

[fr8ARTruleZ]

The subways looked so colorful and alive back then thanks to the art of graffiti which by the way was NOT in any way a cause of other serious crimes like the MTA idiots said it was... such a shame it's no longer on the subways. Now they look so damn dull and plain. I hope the trains look like they did 25 yrs ago again... someday.

[gaguy1967]

NYC was a total mess in 1987. Murders were over 2000 per year versus 500 today. The City started declining in the early 1960s and didnt get better until the mid 1990s.

[wescobar]

@tac62184 it's the worst. all the dudes handing out all the cards for strip clubs secretly selling substances, not to mention the obligatory 2 strip joints/porn stores per block

[TheKimberBenton]

@InsaneNuYawka Idiot.

[InsaneNuYawka]

@TheKimberBenton Yeah...AIDS, Crack, the burning of the the South Bronx....What part of reality are you not understanding?????

[oldschoolbx1970]

This used to be the place for grindhouse flicks. Now it's a place for anyone who's either a square or a wimp. I'd also like to say the same for L.A.'s Hollywood Blvd.(including Downtown L.A.),Frisco's Market Street,and Boston's Combat Zone.

[bamkablam]

In 2011, we just have white collar crime with bankers bankrupting the middle class....  and that's just so much better than having dirty theaters, authentic street life and small businesses... NOT!

[TheKimberBenton]

@moucat Um, no. This was filmed when Koch was mayor, not Dinkins.