Streetview of NYC in the 80s

"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired) 09/16/2017 at 09:38 • Filed to: None

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City of New York archives, via 80s.NYC. No commercial reuse.

If it’s possible to get mugged by a photo, the photo in question is in this collection of streetview NYC photos in the 80s. The City of New York took pictures of every building in the five boroughs, and digitized them (to laserdisc) in the mid-80s. The City of New York has put the low-res ones online, and 80s.NYC has a street view interface where you can view the pictures of buildings on a particular block. Time for some Cool Car in a Particular 80s Town?

Link:

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http://80s.nyc (searchable map interface)

pip bip - choose Corrour > someassemblyrequired 09/16/2017 at 09:40

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so much malaise!

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > someassemblyrequired 09/16/2017 at 09:57

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This is gold!

someassemblyrequired > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/16/2017 at 09:57

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Complete with simulated woodgrain!

Urambo Tauro > someassemblyrequired 09/16/2017 at 10:12

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Sweet!

I don’t know NY very well, or where to even start looking, so I just clicked in a few random spots, and ended up with a bunch of VWs:

Even the Mustang one I managed to find has a Beetle!

someassemblyrequired > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 09/16/2017 at 11:33

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someassemblyrequired > Urambo Tauro 09/16/2017 at 11:36

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Yep, THEY’RE EVERYWHERE. If Torchinsky finds out about that site he’s totally going to get fired.

fintail > someassemblyrequired 09/16/2017 at 12:15

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Ah, before Manhattan was just a playground for the rich and very rich alike.

someassemblyrequired > fintail 09/16/2017 at 12:42

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Hey, it’s still cheaper than Bellevue.

fintail > someassemblyrequired 09/16/2017 at 13:12

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Ha, you’re probably right. Asian money launderers might be more free spending than Russian money launderers.

I’ve also always been amused that the most notorious mental hospital has the same name of Seattle’s most suburby suburb.

scoob > someassemblyrequired 09/16/2017 at 15:52

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Pretty cool! I like seeing how a lot of buildings and even companies/stores/brands are still in the same spot today.

ranwhenparked > Urambo Tauro 09/16/2017 at 17:38

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Beetles were EVERYWHERE, even in the Northeast, up until about the early ‘90s. Now, they’re just all over Southern California, and, strangely, Maine.

someassemblyrequired > scoob 09/16/2017 at 19:20

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Yeah it is a bit shocking given how much NYC has changed in that time. Long term leases I guess.