Parked Cars Under Street Lamps - New York City '74-'76

[Casey]

https://designyoutrust.com/2018/10/parked-cars-under-streetlamps-in-1970s-new-york-city/

Edited November 19, 2018 by Casey

[Dave Van]

Thanks!!!!  love the photos.......wonder where that 72 Torino is today??? Now a washing machine??/

[MrObsessive]

Wow! Thanks for the pics Casey! High school days for me back then..........what was once common sights on the streets (most of them) are no longer. That Grand Prix I see we had as one of our Drivers Ed cars when I was taking it.

Memories.............

[Casey]

More from Langdon Clay here: http://news.spaceforarts.com/langdon-clay-cars-new-york-city-1974-‐-1976/

[SfanGoch]

Mr. Clay missed some. This was 1970s NYC which I remember. Enjoy the trip down Memory Lane kids! :

 

[89AKurt]

I grew up in Arizona, had no clue about big cities.  Broken window theory at work.  Could be some cool diorama subjects.

[Casey]

20 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

 

That poor Monte. 

These Brownstones(?) are probably selling for $1.6M  renting for $9K/month now. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

Seems like the dearth of parental guidance, good adult role models, and the practice of instilling behavioral ethics into kids was as much a problem then as it is now. 

But of course, I've never been able to grasp the idea that mindless destruction, even of an abandoned vehicle, is "fun".

Guess I must be missing something.

[SfanGoch]

You would have loved it during the Blackout of 1977. Beirut was safer than Bushwick on July 13th.

Fortunately, my nabe was spared. This is up the block from Milton St. Park, where a lot of us hung out listening to WNEW-FM and drank many fermented beverages. No pics of abandoned/stripped cars in the area. We were civilized savages who didn't dump where we slept.

[Ich_Will]

Wow, New York sure was beautiful... 

[Rob Hall]

Very different from the New York I've seen as a tourist in Manhattan in the past.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

My memories of NYC are a little different. We lived in Joisey when I was a kid, and the old man commuted to work in the city. My mudder liked to shop there, so I saw a lot of the shiny side.

Last time I was there was with the last ex at Christmas. Stayed in the Carlyle, heard Bobby Short. Helicopter ride over Manhattan (the World Trade Center was still standing), ice skating in Central Park, lunch at Tavern On The Green, shopping on Fifth Ave, afternoons at the Met and the Guggenheim, a show on Broadway, jazz at Birdland...she'd never been to NY and I wanted to give her something special.

And it all was entirely wasted on the dumb broad.   

Edited November 20, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy

[Casey]

But wait, there's more, and from Chicago, too. Less focus on automotive subjects, but still a look back at what was: https://designyoutrust.com/2018/11/wayne-sorces-cityscapes-captured-nyc-and-chicago-in-gorgeous-color/

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

^^^ LOVE that photo.  

[ChrisBcritter]

OK, I'll play. Here's a batch from my personal collection, taken by me and my dad around Glenview in the early '70s:

My brothers and me. I still have that Plymouth's wheelcover, and the speedometer from the '61 Mercury...

These were given to me by a classmate in junior high; she said she got them from this "weird guy" neighbor of hers - again, Chicago/Glenview area:

I shot this '53 Stude in Paducah, KY in '75:

And finally, this was at my high school a few years before I attended:

 

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2018 by ChrisBcritter

[Oldcarfan27]

2 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

 

Sure was some classic iron there. That 60 Chevy was a convertible and would be worth a mint nowadays!

So sad. But I guess back then they were considered just old junk cars.

[ChrisBcritter]

Yes, the Chevy was white with a red interior and today would be considered a viable project if you found it in a junkyard.

Edited November 20, 2018 by ChrisBcritter

[Plashdaddy]

Great photos, links and stories fellas.

if only we’d known......

[Casey]

Canada, your turn to shine: https://designyoutrust.com/2018/12/impressive-photos-that-capture-street-scenes-of-vancouver-in-the-late-1970s/

 

Edited December 27, 2018 by Casey

[peekay]

Great photos, love 'em all.

[espo]

Great looking old pictures. I guess you don't want to over park in New York City. The parking ticket would be the least of your worries. Amazing how well some of these cars held up considering the weather conditions and the lack of protected parking. I enjoy seeing some of the prices of common everyday things like Gas. 

[Atmobil]

Lots of great pictures, nice to see how much more colors the cars had before. Today they are mostly black, white or grey.

[ChrisBcritter]

I may as well toss in this shot of the parking lot of my high school in 1975:

 

[MrObsessive]

That scene looks VERY familiar as I was in high school at the same time.

Hardly a foreign car in the bunch.........the exact opposite you would see now.

[afx]

Great photographs gentlemen-thanks for sharing.