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The New York City subway in the late 1970s and 1980s was a world unto itself. It was a microcosm of the city above, reflecting its grit, its diversity, and its unyielding energy. It was also a place of stark contrasts, where the glamour of the city rubbed shoulders with its darker side.
16 lut 2018 · Photographer Helen Levitt chronicled the NYC in the 1970s through her candid subway photography. The black and white photos are a discreet look at the everyday folks who rode the subway, from canoodling couples to those lost in thought.
26 paź 2014 · Board the nostalgia express with these photos of the age-old subway system and her retro rides of yesteryear.
25 maj 2018 · The women, all of whom were crowned Miss Subway and had their photos and biographies featured on subway cars from 1946 to 1976, all reminisced about their time with the title.
20 gru 2012 · For more than 35 years, riders on the New York City subways and buses during their daily commute were graced with posters of beaming young women.
30 lis 2020 · The 1970s were known as the Subway Graffiti era in New York City. Here, you can see riders in 1976, surrounded by drawings in a train car.
16 gru 2021 · In Episode Thirty-Nine, NYPL curator Julie Golia and Kim Phillips-Fein, Professor of History at New York University, explored a collection of evocative photographs of the New York City subway system in the 1970s by Alen MacWeeney, discussing what the images reveal about the city during a decade of crisis and transformation.
