Take a look to see how much New York has changed from the 1970s through these amazing color snapshots below.
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| 5th Avenue and 58th Street, 1970 |
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| 7th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York City, 1970 |
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| 9th Avenue and 40th Street, 1970 |
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| 34th street between 5th and 6th, 1979 |
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| 42nd Street, 1975 |
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| 57th Street, 1979 |
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| 59th Street and 5th Avenue, 1977 |
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| Atop the World Trade Center, 1976 |
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| Broadway and 12th. St., 1970 |
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| Broadway at West 48th St., Midtown Manhattan, 1978 |
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| Brooklyn Bridge, 1973 |
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| Cedar Street, NYC, 1975 |
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| Columbus Ave. and West 73rd Street, 1979 |
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| Coney Island, 1973 |
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| East Second Street between Avenues C & D, facing North, 1980 |
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| Fifth Ave., 1979 |
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| Greenwich Village, NYC, 1973 |
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| Harlem, 1971 |
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| Looking south along the Damrak, Amsterdam, ca. 1970s |
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| Lower East Side, 1971 |
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| Madison Ave and 64th Street, 1979 |
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| Madison Ave., 1979 |
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| Main Street and Kissena Boulevard , Queens, October 15, 1973 |
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| Manhattan Bridge tower in Brooklyn, New York City, framed through nearby buildings, June 1974 |
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| Manhattan, New York, 1970 |
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| Morton St. looking east, 1973 |
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| Morton Street, 1973 |
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| New York City, 1970 |
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| New York City, 1975 |
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| New York, 1970 |
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| Nippon Club, NYC, 1971 |
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| NYC in 1976 |
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| NYC in 1979 |
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| NYC in 1979 |
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| NYC in 1979 |
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| NYC in 1979 |
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| NYC in 1979 |
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| NYC in 1979 |
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| NYC in 1979 |
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| NYC policemen, 1975 |
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| NYC subway, 1973 |
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| NYC, 1974 |
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| Ohrbach's, NYC, 1979 |
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| Park Avenue, 1979 |
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| Park Avenue, NYC, 1970 |
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| Second Ave, looking uptown, just north of the 59th St. Bridge, 1977 |
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| Second Ave., 1979 |
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| Seventh Ave and W22th street, Jan. 1976 |
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| Sixth Ave., 1973 |
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| Subway car in NYC, 1973 |
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| Times Square, 1972 |
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| Times Square, 1973-74 |
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| Times Square, 1974 |
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| Times Square, 1975 |
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| Times Square, 1976 |
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| W23 Street, Jan 1976 |
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| WTC twin towers, NYC, 1978 |
