I keep finding old negatives from ’85 which have elements of my childhood. This boat would have been the one I rode on several times. Long gone, I imagine it may have been pre-war, and it left one exposed to the elements much more than the new ships…
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At first I was far more interested in photographing the old buildings and signs than the people of New York, which is obvious by what I focused my camera on…That would change.
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Today’s baseball fans have no idea how talented #7 was…©Matt Weber
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A rather famous display of stuffed animals in an abandoned building uptown…
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The little five story buildings in the background are no longer with us. A 21 story uber edifice replaced them in 2008 and there are 21 apartments in the building…©Matt Weber
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I just noticed the stained glass details on the old marquee…
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Shopped here every day as a kid with my grandma…
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The old lampposts on the west side highway were noteworthy to me as I began photographing New York.
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A sad photo of a tiny restaurant which was built into the New Yorker movie theater, and had to give way to a high-rise in ’85…
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This image and most others can be licensed for documentary use and is also available as a signed print…
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This sign was one of New York’s better examples of neon craftsmanship.
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I don’t think this sign was still lit at night when I took this picture, but I imagine it was very photogenic…©Matt Weber
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Studebaker went out of business in ’66 but this dealer was still standing in Brooklyn almost twenty years later…
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Union Sq. is now a very happening meeting place for the younger New Yorkers, but thirty years ago, it wasn’t…
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What can I say? My old friend VJ was 21 years old when I took this picture and the light was just right. This one makes me look more like Bruce Weber, than Matt Weber!
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Having fun searching through these color negatives from ’85
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The GM “Fishbowl” Busses hit the street around 1961 and were still running till 1990 or so, at least as the 86th St crosstown they were…©Matt Weber
Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 