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“M” is for Metropole 1988
This picture was taken during the last days of the old Times Sq.
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Park Ave. Hotel 1986
Park Ave. north of 96th Street has always been a different world, but at one point it was as run down as any street in Manhattan…
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“The Passenger” 1988
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“Empire Checker” 1988-9
I remember being excited with this view as I wiggled back and forth behind this checker, trying to line up the Empire State Building for this image….Unfortunately I underexposed this frame badly and can’t get a great print / scan from this negative. This view was gone shortly thereafter as the new office building has blocked the majestic “ESB” and I guess I’m lucky to have this picture at all…
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Outtake from “The Urban Prisoner” 1988
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Harlem Kodachrome 1985
A badly composed photo of my favorite traffic light…
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YALE Trucking “West Side Highway” 1988
This old truck was an ad for Yale trucking and was viewable from the old elevated West Side Highway which also was known as the Miller Highway a long long time ago…
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“The Night of the Iguana” 1988
Remember the Lone Star Cafe? 13th St. & 5th Ave. For a few years they had a giant iguana on their roof, until someone actually bought it and took it to their home…
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“Jesus Saves” 1988
A much better scan…Maybe Harlem, and then again maybe not…
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Shore Hotel Coney Island 2009
Another casualty of the “New” Coney Island which has stalled due to a lack of funds…
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“Crumbling New York” 1987
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Coney Island Policewomen 1988
Once upon a time in New York, mastering the baton twirl was to a cop, like learning to spin a Yo-Yo was to a kid…
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“PHOTO I.D.” Times Sq. 1989
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Sailors Times Sq. 1989
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“Double X-File” Harlem 1986-7
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Harlem Tots 1987-88
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“Frederick Douglass Circle” Harlem 1985
This taxpayer was razed for a high rise and I’m not going to cry about this one. There’s been too many amazing buildings torn down in the name of progress to worry about every single corner. I doubt I ever had a meal in the circle cafeteria, but definitely bought a few packs of smokes at that newsstand…Nostalgia Kills.
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Harlem Garage 1987
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Harlem 1920’s Traffic light…Kodachrome-64
A very old and ornate traffic light photographed in the late 1980s…
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Harlem 1988
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West Side Highway 1985
These giant ornamental sculptures adorned many of the old west side highway’s entrances. Also known as the Miller Highway, it was torn down in the 1980s after a giant section collapsed and crushed some poor motorist…
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The New Times Sq. 1990
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Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 