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“South Bronx” Winter 1986
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“Frankie Cooking on the Queensboro Bridge” 1986
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Outtake from “The Urban Prisoner” 1988
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“The Deuce” 42d Street 1988
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Police Car stripped of all its Dignity! 1988
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“Crumbling New York” 1987
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“Cash in Hand” Redux 1988
Finally a decent scan!
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“Urinetown” 1988
“The last time I thought about being a bride was in 1958”
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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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“WHITE” Harlem 1988
I wonder how many people’s entire lives were transported in this old moving truck. All sorts of stories if this jalopy could speak…
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“Harlem Shanty” 1987
A new scan from an old negative which I am happy to have…
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“Taxi Carcass” Harlem 1987
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Harlem 1988
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Upper West Side 1989
If the economy doesn’t improve soon, the homeless population may increase to the levels of the 1980s when the rents almost tripled in just three years from 1982-1985…
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The South Bronx 1993
In some neighborhoods, the churches were the only buildings which didn’t get torched. On the upper west side, they did burn down some churches to build high rises. If there’s enough money at stake, some people will do anything…
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Central Park 1993
As you can see, the homeless had chosen this spot as a place to sleep since it offered a tiny bit of shelter from the tough New York city winter…
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“In The Fade”
Ain’t gonna worry. Just live till you die, wanna drown,
with nowhere to fall Into the arms of someone.
There’s nothing to save, and I know you live till you die…
(Qotsa)
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The Cross Bronx Expressway 1990
I use to shoot pictures at 65 MPH as I steered with my knees and adjusted Electric Ladyland with my other hand…
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Brooklyn 1990
As I continue to search my older negatives, the overall feeling I get from the New York of twenty years ago is pretty depressing. This might be one of the better portraits I’ve done. It’s a sad one. Not as bad as the images we’ve all seen from third world countries, but this is New York and a twelve year old boy shouldn’t be out late at night training to become a squeegee man…
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CBGB’s 1989
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Red Hook 1990
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Checker Taxi 1989
Considering how many Checker Taxicabs I’ve photographed, this picture may have been the best one yet! If not the best, then possibly the most interesting…
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Lower East Side 1989
I was thrilled to find this image. It think it was taken on East Houston Street. This view of late Nineteenth century housing is probably very different today. If the buildings are still standing, there would be a few air conditioners in the windows. Over half of the tenants who were living here would have been replaced with upscale and much younger ones. They were known as “Yuppies” back in the day….
Ah the good old days!
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Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 