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Subway
New York City Subway, 1981
NYC subway Guardian Angels (From a post on r/pics)
Police officer of the New York subways, 1970s
Does my color scheme make me look like a gang-banger? (I'm the one on the left)
Commuting to work via subway (New York 1970s)
the subway
PrfctDrk
First picture oozes badass
UptownWitch
#23 WTF is that giant hand in the sky?!
wtturner83
The fashion makes them look scarier than they are, oh and the gun
PudGalvin
And the knife.
zehgogglesdonossing
70 and 80 what???
TheSpindrifter
From the looks of it, 1979 - 1980, possibly as late as 1983. Oh how I remember old NY...
transferswitch
I remember taking the subway with my grandma when it was like this in the 80s. Graffiti everywhere.
lolatu
The photographer is Bruce Davidson. Google Henry Chalfant. For other cool pics. NYC was no joke back then!
mmgg
thank you!
cupnoodleofdoom
i live in nyc now and it looks NOTHING like this
scastro87
And that's a good thing.
PechorIN
That girl in the yellow...I like her outfit...it matches her...er...ah shucks it just makes her buttox look swell.
JillinLikeAVillin
I had the exact same thoughts. 10/10
warnjeff
The first thing I thought of was Taxi Driver.
hugohugoyeayea
I like Panic in Needle Park, Serpico, and Taxi Driver New York. I spend a lot of time in different boroughs love the history of my city.
verycleverusername
via reddit: This is the book http://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Davidson-Subway/dp/1597111945
Chromosapien
Legends. The New York trains are where legends are born.
revenantape
#13, original keith haring grafitti in the back
secularink
I don't see it...
Jsnoogs
Damn, I didn't notice that. Good catch!
QuinCOBOL
The danger, the personality, the adventure, and the many questions you ask yourself. Welcome to public transport, it never changes.
aabbccbb
That is some gritty-assed shit.
Radioflyer
Does anyone see the giant hand in the sky after the picture with the cop and his dog?
mrwowiezowie
Well, if you're going to take a bite out of the Big Apple you better have a really big hand.
Whyareyoureadingmyusername
That shit had me do a double-take. Then I immediately went to search for this comment and was sad upon finding it. +1 to you.
katienicole007
New York "Giants"
charlesthe42nd
Wait what is that actually? It looks like a hand.
jfreeman1
Hahahaha I wtf'd
818Pumpkin
I looked way too hard.
NotAwkward
Found the black guardian angel
NotInHuffelpuff
In the sixth image down (the one with the woman in fur) you can see the twin towers out the window and it looks rather omnious
gamehendgetimefactory
I didn't even notice that the first time. The more you look at these, the crazier they get.
SoundFuture
Honestly it just makes me sad, like when I see them in old movies. *sigh* I stayed in a hotel on the 52nd floor in the South Tower as a kid.
Roxychu
As a New Yorker around in the late 80s/and 90s. I def remember trains this way. A lot nicer now of course, still some icky stations though.
cupnoodleofdoom
i live in nyc now and it looks NOTHING like this.
IAlreadyReachedImguriteSoIDontCareAboutMyPointsAnymore
same here
Omni365
It's amazing how much can change in 30-40 years
3Ballz
Everyone view the full album and look at the... thing holding the baseball bat. What the fuck?
FauxReel
Crack is a helluva drug.
cloakofwinter
Andy Warhol after he faked his death and dyed his hair brown. "You'll never take me alive..."
Whyareyoureadingmyusername
I have no words for whatever that thing was.
gamehendgetimefactory
This is probably one of the coolest albums I've seen on imgur for a while. Thank you OP and +1.
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gamehendgetimefactory
Rougher than sandpaper underwear.
mrMarcus
Sure beats all those weight loss pics.
compulsivemastication
they are by an incredible photographer called bruce davidson.
Amonkira
It's images like this that should be in history texts, real people.
LumberJackie
If you like this album, check out this site - http://www.retronaut.com/ I've lost so many hours just jumping through history on there...
YouMightGetIdeas
Time not wasted imo
gamehendgetimefactory
Officially bookmarked! I can definitely see myself spending a few hours on there too.
extremelyrelevant
Great site, upvotes for you
kunk
"Warriors, come out to play!"
SHAUNoftheSPACEDfuZZ
I WAS TOTALLY GOING TO COMMENT THAT BEFORE I SAW THAT YOU DID! BRAVO, HERE'S AN UPVOTE.
nobighair
I'm never disappointed when I come on imgur! Mostly cause we're all thinking alike.
rckymusic
new York , the real new York, is i..n..s..a..n..e!
moldymaus
yes
MarsPluto
*clink clink clink*
DrunkNewb
I love this movie.
javer80
You're standing right now with 79 upvotes from 79 Imgurians. And there's over a thousand more. That's 1079 hardcore members. CAN YOU DIG IT?
javer80
(note: I have absolutely no clue how many Imgurians there are)
Yongasoo
I came back just to upvote this.
MistakenGenetials
God damn it Kunk! I was about to type that!
snickerwicket
commenting so I can find this again
trustmeimalinguist
Me too.
snickerwicket
so i can't find "liked images" again
katidid
thanks for the idea, I'm doing the same now. Wonder why there's no other way to "bookmark" cool stuff like this?
kunk
Upvote the image, thus saving it to your 'liked' images.
kunk
Upvote the image, thus saving it to your 'liked' images.
snickerwicket
i can't for the life of me figure out how to find my liked images
kunk
They're in your gallery profile.
snickerwicket
d'oh
snickerwicket
thanks!
Cheeesus
I now have a massive urge to watch "The Warriors" and "80 Blocks from Tiffany's"
lolatu
Check out 'Fort Apache The Bronx' you won't be disappointed
Cheeesus
any idea where I could watch this?
lolatu
Netflix has it on dvd. Other good ones are 'King of New York' and 'New Jack City'. Wolven is a coil flick from the era too.