Old New York – Page 37 – Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber

January 17, 2014January 17, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, Subway, Times Square

Times Square 1990

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January 15, 2014January 15, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Kids & Teens, Old New York

“The Central Park Five” 1989

This is one of sixteen photos I took which were included in the recent documentary by Ken Burns and his daughter Sarah.

“The Central Park Five” was about the kids who were framed to take the fall for the rape and severe beating of a woman in Central Park back in 1989. Big story, and this image was a surprise to say the least…

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January 5, 2014January 5, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Old New York, Times Square

“PSYCHO III” 1986

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January 4, 2014January 4, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, signs, Times Square

“The Deuce” 1985

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December 28, 2013December 28, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Graffiti-NYC Tags, Old New York

“Lower East Side” 1990

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December 23, 2013December 23, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), signs, Times Square

Times Sq. BONDS No More

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December 21, 2013December 21, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Fights & Playfights, homeless, Men of New York, Old New York

Aftermath 1988

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December 19, 2013December 19, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, Times Square

The New Amsterdam Theater on 42d Street 1985

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December 13, 2013December 13, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Old New York, Urban Landscape

“The 59th Street Bridge (Feelin’ Groovy)” 1985

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November 22, 2013November 22, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, Portraits, Uncategorized

NYC 1988

My only memories of November 22d 1963 are that I was sitting in front of large black & white TV trying desperately to find my favorite show,” Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse”. Five years later the RFK assassination found me once again in front of a TV and watching him murdered, was and is one of my most indelible childhood memories…

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November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, signs, Times Square

“Whirly Girly Revue” Times Square 1985

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November 16, 2013November 16, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, signs, Urban Landscape

“Easy Rider” 1986

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November 13, 2013October 26, 2014 Matt Weber (Street photography), Harlem, Kids & Teens, Old New York

Harlem 1987

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November 4, 2013November 4, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Old New York

“French Fry” 1987

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October 28, 2013October 28, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, signs, Times Square

BOND 1988

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October 25, 2013October 25, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Old New York, Urban Landscape, Urban Wildlife

Broadway Flowers 1988

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October 19, 2013October 19, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Cars & Buses, Old New York

Derelict Checker Taxi 1987

Waiting for the junkyard’s towtruck. Today, the cab would be scooped up by a movie company or a collector…

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October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Men of New York, Old New York, Times Square

Guardian Angels 42d Street 1988

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September 29, 2013September 29, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Old New York, signs

“Marlboro Country” 1989

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September 14, 2013September 14, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), Kids & Teens, Old New York

“Sliding into the Past” 2013

Very few of these 1950s slides left in New York.

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August 21, 2013August 21, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), homeless, Men of New York, Old New York

“Too High” 1990

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August 19, 2013August 19, 2013 Matt Weber (Street photography), America, Old New York

1964 Worlds’ Fair Lights

I was lucky enough to go to the world’s fair in 1964-65 several times. I made my mom and uncle take me on the water flume as many times as I could. The ride ended up in Coney Island’s Astroland, and my daughter convinced me to ride it over forty years later. Driving through the Poconos, I noticed these strange and somewhat futuristic lights all over an abandoned resort. It turns out that they are the same lamps which lit the world’s fair back in Queens!