Times Square of the 1980's: A Short Documentary

A Film by Steve Siegel. Pre-Disneyfied Times Square at night -- as it existed in the 1980s. As seen from a teenager's point of view. Includes voice-over interviews of teenagers.

Music by Von Cello. Contact: http://www.youtube.com/user/voncello

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[ubo Roi]

It was filthy.......It was slutty.......It was Dangerous.......It was Paradise..

[rumberoprimero]

That's when NYC had true character...I remember going to the movies in times square and you can smell people smoking weed in the balconies...going to an actual live peep show, the arcade and getting the fake ID's..Colony records, Nathans on 43st... true new yorkers don't set foot on Times Square anymore...its become an over priced, tourist trap benefiting corporate america..Sure many will argue, how about the crime...crime still exist in the form of price gouging, high rent, and bank fees.

[Bmore chris Last]

it wont be like the 70s or 80s again though bcuz theres more technologies and police and people just change

[excelerater]

My home town in the 80s was Manhattan.......Going back home now its just lost the flavor and character that made NY great

[elizabeth gold]

I miss those days!!! Used to have so much fun walking up to TImes Square from the Village at night with my drag queen friend.

[Vincent Vega]

Visionary 82 my country in the second in the world visited by tourisr and i dont think they are stupid cause tomorrow you will be a tourist in another country and You will want to be treated well

[718LIGHTUP]

Im sure once the economy gets worse crime will shoot up again

[Crazii3Compl3xLuV3]

I was just down there yesterday to find something to do to celebrate my birthday and found nothing. After viewing Mr. Siegel's pictures of Time Square in the 80's, I just kept feeling nostalgic for a NY I never knew. I was born in the late 80's and didn't go to time sq till I was in hs (mid-2000s). I really loved it then because that's all I knew, but 80s time sq...words really can't express the the longing for this. Despite the dangerous, that was NY <3

[Dapts]

80s New York was like another world.