Street View of 80s NYC

Post by zeamaize » Mon, Sep 25, 2017, 9:31 PM UTC

zghst wrote: post #29

dmix wrote: post #15

The South Bronx really was a war-zone. http://80s.nyc/#show/40.8265/-73.9080 http://80s.nyc/#show/40.8107/-73.9180 http://80s.nyc/#show/40.8188/-73.9217 http://80s.nyc/#show/40.8229/-73.9167 http://80s.nyc/#show/40.8102/-73.9194 http://80s.nyc/#show/40.8152/-73.9165 All of those rent-control incentivized arsons... empty lots with garbage everywhere... dogs running around with no owners visible. Edit: correction, whil…

Reminds me of St. Louis today, it's completely hollowed out with dilapidated buildings everywhere. Sad.

Post by martijn_himself » Mon, Sep 25, 2017, 10:25 PM UTC

Post by guelo » Mon, Sep 25, 2017, 10:44 PM UTC

apaprocki wrote: post #27

From having browsed through the tax lot photos in the municipal archives from prior generations, it would be fun to see a split view where you browse around both the 1940s and 1980s at the same time. If you browse around 80s Williamsburg photos it is not a place you would want to be. Now every one of those lots would be a minimum of $1M, with waterfront lots in the tens of millions. Pays to play the long game.

Post by largote » Mon, Sep 25, 2017, 11:00 PM UTC

Post by maxerickson » Tue, Sep 26, 2017, 12:07 AM UTC

colordrops wrote: post #3

Seems that there would be quite a bit of historical value to getting everyone to digitize their personal photos and upload them to a shared repository. Has there already been such an effort?