57 Incredible Color Snapshots That Show Street Scenes of New York City in the 1970s

Take a look to see how much New York has changed from the 1970s through these amazing color snapshots below.

5th Avenue and 58th Street, 1970

 

7th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York City, 1970

9th Avenue and 40th Street, 1970

34th street between 5th and 6th, 1979

42nd Street, 1975

57th Street, 1979

59th Street and 5th Avenue, 1977

Atop the World Trade Center, 1976

Broadway and 12th. St., 1970

Broadway at West 48th St., Midtown Manhattan, 1978

Brooklyn Bridge, 1973

Cedar Street, NYC, 1975

Columbus Ave. and West 73rd Street, 1979

Coney Island, 1973

East Second Street between Avenues C & D, facing North, 1980

Fifth Ave., 1979

Greenwich Village, NYC, 1973

Harlem, 1971

Looking south along the Damrak, Amsterdam, ca. 1970s

Lower East Side, 1971

Madison Ave and 64th Street, 1979

Madison Ave., 1979

Main Street and Kissena Boulevard , Queens, October 15, 1973

Manhattan Bridge tower in Brooklyn, New York City, framed through nearby buildings, June 1974

Manhattan, New York, 1970

Morton St. looking east, 1973

Morton Street, 1973

New York City, 1970

New York City, 1975

New York, 1970

Nippon Club, NYC, 1971

NYC in 1976

NYC in 1979

NYC in 1979

NYC in 1979

NYC in 1979

NYC in 1979

NYC in 1979

NYC in 1979

NYC policemen, 1975

NYC subway, 1973

NYC, 1974

Ohrbach’s, NYC, 1979

Park Avenue, 1979

Park Avenue, NYC, 1970

Second Ave, looking uptown, just north of the 59th St. Bridge, 1977

Second Ave., 1979

Seventh Ave and W22th street, Jan. 1976

Sixth Ave., 1973

Subway car in NYC, 1973

Times Square, 1972

Times Square, 1973-74

Times Square, 1974

Times Square, 1975

Times Square, 1976

W23 Street, Jan 1976

WTC twin towers, NYC, 1978

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