21 images of NYC in the 1980’s
Photographer Steven Siegel shows us a New York City that many would rather forget. From The Gothamist:
New York in the 1980s differed in two fundamental ways from the New York of today. First, 1980s-era New York was an edgier, riskier, dirtier, tenser, more dangerous and chaotic place. I think that fairly comes through in my images. Second, 1980s-era New York had a sense of wide-openness and freedom that was lost following 9/11… and likely never will be regained.
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