NYC 70's and 80's

[NoirDynosaur]

2pac in Brooklyn

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Biggie Smalls obliterating wack emcee in Fulton Street Brooklyn. 89

 

[TDT]

The Deuce..back then it was easy to sneak into the theaters

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

Honestly, NYC seems like it was hell on earth during the 80's....bleak and dystopian

I’ll never forget how an older breh described it to me

“It felt like the government was dead set on getting rid of every black man in NYC”

 

[The BasedFather]

Looked like a shythole back then, respectfully. NYC looks way better now imo

 

[ISO]

Eric B and Rakim Times Square 88

This is 14th Street in Manhattan actually

2pac in Brooklyn

This is actually 2Pac old hood in the Bronx

183rd and Creston in the West Bronx (Pac lived a block over on Walton Ave).

Today, Ice Spice and Lil Tjay are both from this part of the Bronx.

 

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[Scientific Playa]

It took me a week to find this 2015 thread. I had it saved on my old computer but not on any memory device which I invested in.

Vintage Photographs of Harlem in the 1970s​

• Thread starter Deadpool1986
• Start date Mar 13, 2015

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/vintage-photographs-of-harlem-in-the-1970s.300686/

Recently I told the coli I used to pass by a Black Panthers storefront on 125th St back in the day.

I forgot the name of the book store but used to go in.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

it’s hard to believe some New Yorkers actually miss that sh*thole from back.

The republicans today would have a heart attack. I think nyc was worse than Chicago and Philly in those days also

I’m one of those New Yorkers.. despite how shytty it was.. it was a fun time back then..

 

[King Static X]

NYC looked horrible back then. I'm glad I didn't grow up in that era of NYC.