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Title: I'm a sucker for pictures of "Old New York"
Post by: Indofunk on February 18, 2019, 08:23:47 PM

This one from an ex-cab driver. http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/10/joseph-rodriguez-cab-driver-photo-essay.html (http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/10/joseph-rodriguez-cab-driver-photo-essay.html)

Title: Re: I'm a sucker for pictures of "Old New York"
Post by: Bryan on February 18, 2019, 10:56:17 PM

Great one Satish, that's the New York I remember, really gritty.  That's about the same time I used to go there to visit my grandparents in Queens.  The old man watching the fashion shoot reminds me of my grandfather, I loved walking around queens with him listening to his stories and meeting all the people he knew in the neighborhood. 

This cabbie seemed to pick up a lot of fares outside of S&M clubs.  Maybe he was just going there for the photo ops. 

Title: Re: I'm a sucker for pictures of "Old New York"
Post by: Francois on February 18, 2019, 11:32:57 PM

The only time I've ever been to NYC was on a 2 hour stop at LaGuardia... not the best for sight seeing.
But I did grow up breakdancing and watching the whole NYC rap graffiti scene on TV. We got to see bits of Style Wars. Run DMC and L.L. Cool J were the hottest music around, along with GrandMaster Flash and a bunch of others...
This is basically my memories of NYC. Now I look at it all clean and nice and it somehow doesn't seem to be the same place.

Title: Re: I'm a sucker for pictures of "Old New York"
Post by: MiguelCampano on February 21, 2019, 05:40:27 PM

NYC looks way too sterile now. Philadelphia still has character in that sense.