Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Where the beautiful Battery Park City esplanade along the Hudson is now, the scene looked like this when all that land was being filled-in with World Trade Center excavation dirt. New York. June 1975. by wavz13, on Flickr pompei, brickwall and michael t 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 More New York fun from 1973! A 1960s Ford Galaxie and a battered early 1960s Plymouth Valiant (fixed with bondo) cruise along Canal Street with peeling pavement. The Galaxie has a rope to lock the trunk. New York. by wavz13, on Flickr I can thoroughly recommend this whole flickrstream. It's ace. brickwall and srad34 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Hey, is that Theo Kojak sitting in the brown 1970s Cadillac, staking out a suspect in a battered and forlorn old industrial neighborhood in Brooklyn by the East River? Could be! New York. 1974 by wavz13, on Flickr vulgalour and pompei 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Ok, it’s not the most exciting photo, but look at all those 1960s cars and 1970s cars! From the abandoned West Side Highway by the World Trade Center to the Battery Park City landfill in the Hudson River. New York. March 1975 by wavz13, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Returning the Los Angeles cousins back to JFK airport in New York after they spent the entire summer with us in Milford Connecticut. (sitting on dad's 1965 Pontiac Bonneville). August 1973 by wavz13, on Flickr brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 View from Pier A's fire escape. Battery Park City landfill, West Side Highway, World Trade Center and lots of colorful 1970s cars on a rainy, foggy day. New York. 1975 by wavz13, on Flickr vulgalour and pompei 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Independence Plaza North going up in what is now Tribeca in Lower Manhattan. Looking south from near the West Side Highway to the World Trade Center. New York. May 1973 by wavz13, on Flickr pompei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I Spy a light blue AMC Gremlin, a 1968 Chevy and a red VW Beetle entering the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel entrance by Battery Park in New York. (what cars do U see?) May 1973 by wavz13, on Flickr brickwall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Moms with kids stroll, 1940s and older cars, Schlitz beer truck makes a delivery. Surf Ave looking east at West 6th St to Stubbmann's Pavilion and amusement park. Brooklyn, New York. 1953 by wavz13, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 The West Side Highway in great shape! (shortly before a portion of it actually collapsed and the city abandoned it). Quite possibly the worst highway in America. 1973. New York. by wavz13, on Flickr pompei and Jim Bergerac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 McKinley Street in Brooklyn with lots of battered 1960s cars parked. New York. 1972 by wavz13, on Flickr pompei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 pompei, Jim Bergerac and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 1960s and 1970s car heaven. I spy a 1960s Chevy Impala, a 1971 Camaro, a Chevy Nova, a Datsun (?), Cadillac, a GMC Flxible bus, a 1960s Dodge Van and lots of VW Beetles. What do U see? Brooklyn Battery Tunnel traffic. New York. May 1973 by wavz13, on Flickr the Camaro is a firebird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 The West Side Highway in great shape! (shortly before a portion of it actually collapsed and the city abandoned it). Quite possibly the worst highway in America. 1973. New York. by wavz13, on Flickr looks like a 72/3 (chrome bumpers rather than the big inpact absorbing ones) mercury capri prob a 2.3 V6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotorabia Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Junkman, sheffcortinacentre and vulgalour 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 sheffcortinacentre, Junkman and bootsy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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vulgalour Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Asimo, mercrocker, Junkman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 mercrocker, Asimo, NorfolkNWeigh and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 New York looks incredibly menacing in all those photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael t Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Jim Bergerac and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael t Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 UmBongo and Jim Bergerac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael t Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael t Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 dugong and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 New York looks incredibly menacing in all those photos.It's been cleaned up a lot since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
155V6 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 michael t, Junkman and M'coli 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 michael t and NorfolkNWeigh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdrive Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Bahrain Shite Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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