Old pics of nyc are crazy

[Eastside Get The Money]

So much culture here. I hate this generation of America

 

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

 

[NatiboyB]

now thats some go parkour right there.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Aaaaaah

The good ol days

 

[Remote]

Watching this now.
Thanks for posting. Looks interesting so far.

 

[Boolean]

GOAT City

 

[the cool]

looks the same to me

you can go around NYC today and just take pictures of bad situations

 

[Michael's Black Son]

this shyt looks like an aerial from warsaw poland in the 30's..

BAck in the 70s-80s a lot of CAC landlords would set their own buildings on fire on purpose in an attempt to abandon them (fire can't destroy a building), get the insurance money and not deal with the responsibility anymore. When more and more minorities moved into these areas that became the "hood" a lot of these areas got turnt the fukk up and by then, white flight was in full effect and those people who used to live there fled to the suburbs.

The building owners didn't want to maintain buildings in the hood and would even hire local goons from the hood to torch the building. This shyt used to happen ALL the time to the point where you might see 3-4 buildings on fire in different areas at the same damn time. Hundreds of buildings got burned down. And since you can't just burn down a brick building, the ones that were salvageable attracted squatters, bums, drug addicts, who just walked right up in there and set up shop.

The buildings that were really fukked up after the fires would get demolished by the city and there would just be open lots where the building stood. shyt, I grew up across the street from open lot where a building was. They finally put some little houses there but I'd guess that the lot had been open for around 20 years or so, which is crazy.

 

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BAck in the 70s-80s a lot of CAC landlords would set their own buildings on fire on purpose in an attempt to abandon them (fire can't destroy a building), get the insurance money and not deal with the responsibility anymore. When more more minorities moved into these areas that became the "hood" a lot of these areas got turntable the fukk up and by the, white flight was in full effect and those people who used to live there fled to the suburbs.

The building owners didn't want to maintain buildings in the hood and would even hire local goons from the hood to torch the building. This shyt used to happen ALL the time to the point where you might see 3-4 buildings on fire in different areas at the same damn time. Hundreds of buildings got burned down. And since you can't just burn down a brick building, the ones that were salvageable attracted squatters, bums, drug addicts, who just walked right up in there and set up shop.

The buildings that were really fukked up after the fires would get demolished by the city and there would just be open lots where the building stood. shyt, I grew up across the street from open lot where a building was. They finally put some little houses there but I'd guess that the lot had been open for around 20 years or so, which is crazy.

100% true

 

[CashmereThoughts]

BAck in the 70s-80s a lot of CAC landlords would set their own buildings on fire on purpose in an attempt to abandon them (fire can't destroy a building), get the insurance money and not deal with the responsibility anymore. When more and more minorities moved into these areas that became the "hood" a lot of these areas got turnt the fukk up and by then, white flight was in full effect and those people who used to live there fled to the suburbs.

The building owners didn't want to maintain buildings in the hood and would even hire local goons from the hood to torch the building. This shyt used to happen ALL the time to the point where you might see 3-4 buildings on fire in different areas at the same damn time. Hundreds of buildings got burned down. And since you can't just burn down a brick building, the ones that were salvageable attracted squatters, bums, drug addicts, who just walked right up in there and set up shop.

The buildings that were really fukked up after the fires would get demolished by the city and there would just be open lots where the building stood. shyt, I grew up across the street from open lot where a building was. They finally put some little houses there but I'd guess that the lot had been open for around 20 years or so, which is crazy.

It's mind boggling to think that 50% of the building I see in the BX today were just vacant lots 30 years ago

 

[Rominati]

The City changed for the better

Only thing that is off puting nowadays are the prices. Over the years when that price bubble bursts and them hipster cacs get bored of playing sex in the city, they will move out to start their family, and a new balanced NY will be arise from the ashes

 

[Michael's Black Son]

It's mind boggling to think that 50% of the building I see in the BX today were just vacant lots 30 years ago

Even though a ton so buildings got burned/abandoned, most survived and got fixed up since they were salvageable and it was cheaper than doing new construction. But what those landlords did back then was just dirty. You had children living in these buildings and to just set it on fire as a means to get these people out is just sadistic. In other instances, these CACs would pay the local gangs to terrorize people into moving out, which sometimes worked, and then they could torch it without collateral damage.

 

[god shamgod]

most of these pics look like scenes from the wiz

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Went to NYC back in Deciembre 2006... it was my first time and i didn't see any of these places (obviously my boy didn't venture me there for good reason).


It's amazing how rich and deep NYC's history is.


Urban decay was occurring there before other cities knew what it was!


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[Dade187]