There will never be another decade as special as the 80s, the movies, music, television, and everything else, were unique unto themselves. Every decade since has lost something, and today we have nothing much to define the decades to come. I wish that I could return to the 80's and stay there, but then it would be very much like groundhog day, I guess that it's best to just hold onto memories instead.
If you think the decade of the 1980s was special, you should have been here during the 1960s. That was the most interesting decade of the 20th century.
As the world becomes more visible in terms of sharing culture and behavior the harder it will become to have original ways of interacting. In the past people who traveled got to discover new ways of life and understanding so it was very interesting now much of the world you have scene or is at your finger tips.
@Tony Richards Wrong. The radio host, Pete Franklin, said the Mets didn't extend Davey Johnson's contract beyond the next season, essentially making him a lame duck. He used the word "fired" rhetorically. Franklin also mentioned the Football strike possibly coming to an end, which it did on October 15, 1987. This video is from 1987.
Thanks for the upload! It is 2019 now. And 1986 was the first time I visited NYC as a teen. Wow this encapsules exactly the feeling and vibes that NYC had for a 1st time visitor. I was soooo overwhelmed by the almost exotic diversity, the smells and the noises. The streets were almost jumping. I had never ever seen something like that. Also fun to see Trump Tower in this clip. Was inside in 86. Guess it was built a year or a couple of years before. At that time it was kind of unique and impressive with the marble and waterfall. I accompanied my dad on a business trip and I asked him "How can I earn so much money to build such a tower?" And I remember his response very well: "In any case not with honest work." Period. At that time I did not know what to make of it. Back in the day I thought every American only by working hard could achieve something. Today I know better ;) I know NYC back then was not "paradise on earth" actually it was dangerous. I couldn't understand how my dad didn't let me out at night alone (as you would've wanted as a teen of course) Our hotel was around Times Square which was totally different back then. It cannot be compared to what it is like today. I would have never believed such a change would EVER be possible at all!!! It is unreal! But even knowing all this was not necessarily "better", I do know from my last visit (2016) that the NYC of today has lost its character. It could be anywhere. Times Square might've been edgy or seedy back then. But it had character. ALL kinds of people belong to a city - and ESPECIALLY to THE city of the world (as it used to be) NYC!!! It is nice to sit now in a safe and clean Park but where did all the normal, even crazy people that simply just belong to a city go??? Where are artists? There's nothing "special" anymore about NYC. I do remember Breakdancing, Preachers, perfomance artists and yes also street people of all kinds were in the streets back then. Normal people and even less fortunate could afford living in this city. They were part of it and added character. Today it seems to be a place only for well to do and the rich - and that is ... jep, almost boring?! Times Square has become a Disneyland and everything else is like a huge open air mall. It is sad. And I am glad I had the opportunity to have seen both NYCs as it was in the 80s as well as today. Thanks again. This clip is history!
Your welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I remember the day I made this video like it was yesterday. Never thought at the time that there would be such a thing as TH-cam many years later where I could post it for thousands of people see it. Times really have changed since I shot this 32-years ago.
I spent the summer of 1988 in NYC. I was at my Uncle's home in Sunnyside, Queens. I am from Europe. My Uncle was, I guess much cooler dude than your dad, lol. Since he worked most of the time, he urged me to go to Manhattan alone. He said, "Come on, you're not a kid," when I was 15. "Take ten bucks, take Subway, and go to Manhattan and have fun. It's easy." He said, "If you get lost, you can phone me, and I'll pick you up..." hahaha, but I never did. So, it was during the day, but anyway, it was not that dangerous. Parts of NY weren't safe, but you would know where not to go. Harlem was one of those places, and I was so keen to go there because, at the time, basketball was everything to me, and I wanted to play there. Unfortunately, my Uncle said it's the only part he wouldn't take me. Some streets and parts of Queens were not so safe too, but as I said, it's almost like everywhere; if you know where to go and where not to go... you're good to go :)) Thanks for the video; such a joy to watch it! Cheers!
I like it when people walk normal and not looking at their phones and admiring the world around them. Better times no annoying devices no smart phones no distractions.
I first went to New York City in 1997 from England and having been obssessed with the place throughout my childhood it was like walking in a dream, not just Manhattan but Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. I went to them all. Ive been back four times since but Ieish I could have gone in the late 70s when it was at its grittiest. Long live NYC
wow I was born and raised in the bronx and this sure brings back some memories of how great the 80's was lets see october 1987 i was in junior high school 162 in the 8th grade... I LOVE MY NEW YORK BACK THEN
I remember back then,. we didn't have social media, no facebook, no youtube. most of the computers, and tvs were huge and bulky, not flatscreen. I remember I was just 14yo at that time. There were no smartphones, but we had the house phones back then. Wow, have times changed, in the sense of technology. Now if you want to talk to a friend, you have to use your smartphone , and not the house phone. Now, you can talk to your friends or relatives on Facebook, you can't talk to them face to face anymore. Back then you actually hung out at your friends house, now you hang out with your friends on Facebook, snapchat and the other social media. I truly miss the 80s.
Same here! I remember! I was born on Oct 7, '80, i remember the 80s, i grew up more in the 90s lol, everything was old fashioned, old school, no social media, no smartphones, very very very few people had cellphones but the were like bricks, no 4K HD back then also! lol
I remember ICQ when I was about 13 in 2000. Some of my friends used it then to communicate with school friends or friends from the town or county over to throw parties and stuff for the weekend. You could post stuff to your profile or instant message people. It's actually pretty crazy how far ahead of its time it was. Just not enough people had access to the internet yet. The first computer we had was purchased at one of those rent to own places and my mom ended up paying like $4,000 all total and was still paying for it long after we didn't even have it anymore. Crazy how much the world has changed in my lifetime and I was only born in 1987, the year of this video.
Is it possible that you have this video, mislabeled...?? I only ask because WFAN playing in the background (begining around the 1:30 mark) mentions how Davey Johnson was fired by the Mets. That didn't happen until *1990*, and not...1987.
oh man how awesome it was to have been a kid visiting the city during this era. so fascinating exciting…new. i can only imagine what it must have been like for a person in their 20s during this time.
Yes I was there as a child, just amazed by how everything was big, so many people, the smell of the hot dog and pretzel carts, colorful lights and signs... It all made a huge impression on me and seemed like the most exciting place in the world!
@weaponexpert1 Because only REAL New Yorkers like myself, born and raised, would appreciate a vid like this. This WAS the real New York. NO MORE! It practically lost its soul, nothing more than a name, that's all. P.S. And, yeah, you're right: NO ugly and repulsive SUVs; it was BEAUTIFUL!
I realise it's only 1987 but, comparing to just 25-26 years later, it does seem a bit more honest and wholesome. No one ramming their current status update down your throat or rubbing their latest celebrity endorsed purchase in your face. Please can we go back to a time before social network media applications?!
@weaponexpert1 Only REAL NEW YORKERS like myself would appreciate a vid like this, weapon! And believe me, the memories really do come to the surface. I remember EVERY DETAIL of where I was and what I was doing in October 1987....New York then was a world better than today. It lost it's style and soul now and ,as far as I'm concerned, it's nothing more than just a NAME! P.S. Yeah, you're right: NO UGLY, REPULSIVE SUVs! It was BEAUTIFUL!!
This is right when I got out of the military I arrived home just a week or so before this was made I remember driving tho the city on my Harley Davidson with my duffle bag on back. What a time.
No I do not. I was just visiting the City on the day that I shot this footage as I do not live in New York. I live in Florida where it's nice and warm.
Not one person on a cell phone. No Blackberrys, Ipods! nothing. I vividly remember this very month and find it hard to believe it been nearly 26 years. My god, that was fun on every level.
Fantastic video! I was 4 at this time and we had just moved from Staten Island to NJ. I was exposed to the city at a very young age so a lot of this does light up many familiar memories in my mind's archives! What's great is that this is not a movie - just candid footage of thousands of ordinary people going about their business. No yuppies or hipsters either, yay!... though the trade off is rampant crime and decay in many parts of the city.
Hey, but that's what MADE New York NEW YORK! I was born and raised here, and used to it--I was in a street gang, I got pummelled, mugged, punched and I dished out some, too. Call me Old School BUT I was used to the hustle-n-bustle, rudeness, graffitti, hookers in good, ole Times Square, the high crime rate, the works. What many people, esp.outsiders don't realize is, THAT was ALL the REAL soul of NYC!!! Like Sinatra sang," IF you can make here, you can MAKE IT ANYWHERE"! How true that is.
Carriage horses have miserable lives in NYC, pounding the pavement for 10 hours a day, 7 days a week ruins their hooves, then instead of getting rest and treatment, they get sent to slaughter. It’s such a blight on our city that this exploitative, inhumane industry still exists.
The taxis! I'd be in heaven if I was surrounded by Caprice, LTD Crown Victoria and Diplomat/Gran Fury taxis as far as the eye could see! Great footage!
This is great footage so many changes since that time, My best friend just passed away ,I wish i can go back to 1987 and see her again ,Thank you for this back in time moment...
I'm sorry I was not meaning to sound crass . I meant people who own these tapes .I have been binge watching these 80s and 90s videos . From what I'v heard the video cassette tape contains enough information to convert it into an HD video by a high quality digital scan of it . I think the process is expensive Have you looked into it ?
I was born this year. My first memories didnt come until the 90s, but its funny seeing all of the 1980s cars because these were the cars i grew up with. My family members never had new vehicles growing up lol. My grandpa was still driving 1980s vehicles in the year 2000 then he finally got himself a 90s model 😂
Is it just me or did anybody notice that nobody was running their mouth on their cell phones or texting and not paying attention to whats in front of them? Oh wait that stuff didn't exist back then...the good ole days....smh!
Sara is right. New York used to be a city of character, now it's just a city of commercialization and hipsters everywhere. There's no uniqueness. The hipsters killed this city along with all other big cities in the country.
Dame New York feels like a film, from UK London and it was semi like this as London was getting on its feet, london felt busy when I went there. It's weird how the world has changed.
Saturday, October 10, 1987 (I think) a Joffrey ballerina canceled a date but I went up to the city anyway, won $125.00 at OTB, and played chess. I remember these streets well . I grew up on them but moved to Philadelphia in 1986. NYC was still very "gritty" back then but the signs of gentrification were there. Yuppies were invading in large numbers by then especially on the UES. This is when the term "Yuppie" was coined.
I'm the one who filmed this and I was never in NY in 1990. It was October of 1987 and that's a fact Jack. So you can believe what you want. But I remember filming this like it was yesterday and it was October of 1987 for sure. And by the way, who the heck is Davey Johnson?
My mistake, I saw the movie Hellraiser was showing and that most certainly was 1987, apologies. Lol, Davey Johnson was the manager for the NY Mets from '84-'90 when he was fired...head-scratcher as to why the guy on the radio is talking about it, maybe some kind of worm-hole/time travel situation, lol. Thanks so much for posting, great vids.
No problem, don't worry about it. I think there was some kind of Baseball strike on at the time and it had something to do with what you heard on the radio when I was videotaping in the taxi cab.
I mean, I don't live there anymore but the honking...the 'busyness'...the graffiti....the rude people...there all still there. The crime has decreased....yes...but is that really worth to complain about.
Good stuff. Almost 30 years later, people are dressed pretty much the same now as they were then. The men might have worn a few more suits in those days, and the hair length is a bit shorter today. Quite the contrast compared to 1967 to 1977 when everything changed. The main change compared to now is that there are many more Latinos and Asians today. But you could transport your average person back in time to 1987, and they would fit right in.
Interesting perspective. I don't really agree with you, but I do think things changed more between say 1955 and 1975 than between 1975 and today (not that I was alive then, but what I can tell). Still, I don't think a Gen Y'er or Z'er would easily fit in it dumped into the 80s in a time machine. It would take them a few weeks at least to get the gist of it, and a lot longer to really understand the culture.
Evan Collins It's fine that you disagree, but can you explain why? Look at the contrast between, say, 1952 and 1979, and 1987 and 2014, both 27 year periods.
I'm pretty much talking about how people look. I agree the culture has shifted dramatically. I'm not yet 50, and I pretty much don't understand anyone under 30. Go back and compare 1965 and 1975, and you'll see what I mean about the rapid changes during that period, in a relatively short time frame.
+J Carson people would fit in perfectly especially because of the fashion. the fashion has made a complete return thanks to hipsters and stuff. 80s and 90s is retro cool, which for me as a kid growing up during that time feels right.
Can you imagine, in another 25 years, people will most likely wish they could go back to now and probably say the same about it being more simple? I'm actually scared to think how crazy it's going to be to want to come back to now for a simple life!
I was born May of 87, I'm currently now 33 years old and it is October 2020... doesn't seem like I've been alive for a lot very long time but it does go very quick if anyone's wondering, I have a wife and a child, and lived a crazy life so far and I'm from New Jersey which is 30 minutes from where this video was took in place
The most heartbreaking thing, is watching everyone pass by the homeless man. So many people missed that opportunity to give him a few dollars, or more...what a cold sad world we live in. That was so sad...poor guy. He probably felt so unloved and uncared for. Jesus says, when we take care of the poor by feeding and clothing them, we are actually giving to Jesus, Himself. I remember when I was in my 20's, this poor homeless guy asked me for money to buy a meal. I was not saved then, and didn't care much for anyone but myself. I didn't give him the money, yet instead bought a meal for myself. I was so evil and wretched then, but Jesus has saved me and remade me into a child of Christ. I know better now though, and I care for the homeless and look for opptys to help them. God admonished me for my selfishness then, and I will never forget that homeless man, how sad he was when I did not give him the money. How awful I was back then!! Please give to those who are in need, especially the homeless, whenever you can. God has a huge heart for the homeless, read the scriptures and you will see.
@transductiongold Don't forget no ipods, ipad, iphones, or any other gadget either. As much as I like today's technology, It would be nice if people werent so obsessed with it.
There will never be another decade as special as the 80s, the movies, music, television, and everything else, were unique unto themselves. Every decade since has lost something, and today we have nothing much to define the decades to come. I wish that I could return to the 80's and stay there, but then it would be very much like groundhog day, I guess that it's best to just hold onto memories instead.
If you think the decade of the 1980s was special, you should have been here during the 1960s. That was the most interesting decade of the 20th century.
@@moviemagg I was born in the 60's
Let me guess, you were young back then.
@@daphne4983 everybody was young "back then".
As the world becomes more visible in terms of sharing culture and behavior the harder it will become to have original ways of interacting. In the past people who traveled got to discover new ways of life and understanding so it was very interesting now much of the world you have scene or is at your finger tips.
This is one of the best videos of New York City in 1987! This is part of New York and American history as well!
@Tony Richards Thank you.
@Tony Richards Wrong. The radio host, Pete Franklin, said the Mets didn't extend Davey Johnson's contract beyond the next season, essentially making him a lame duck. He used the word "fired" rhetorically. Franklin also mentioned the Football strike possibly coming to an end, which it did on October 15, 1987. This video is from 1987.
@@RobertoLopezstudyis ... This video is from October of 1987, not 1989.
i love the cars back then
Thanks for the upload! It is 2019 now. And 1986 was the first time I visited NYC as a teen. Wow this encapsules exactly the feeling and vibes that NYC had for a 1st time visitor. I was soooo overwhelmed by the almost exotic diversity, the smells and the noises. The streets were almost jumping. I had never ever seen something like that. Also fun to see Trump Tower in this clip. Was inside in 86. Guess it was built a year or a couple of years before. At that time it was kind of unique and impressive with the marble and waterfall. I accompanied my dad on a business trip and I asked him "How can I earn so much money to build such a tower?" And I remember his response very well: "In any case not with honest work." Period. At that time I did not know what to make of it. Back in the day I thought every American only by working hard could achieve something. Today I know better ;) I know NYC back then was not "paradise on earth" actually it was dangerous. I couldn't understand how my dad didn't let me out at night alone (as you would've wanted as a teen of course) Our hotel was around Times Square which was totally different back then. It cannot be compared to what it is like today. I would have never believed such a change would EVER be possible at all!!! It is unreal! But even knowing all this was not necessarily "better", I do know from my last visit (2016) that the NYC of today has lost its character. It could be anywhere. Times Square might've been edgy or seedy back then. But it had character. ALL kinds of people belong to a city - and ESPECIALLY to THE city of the world (as it used to be) NYC!!! It is nice to sit now in a safe and clean Park but where did all the normal, even crazy people that simply just belong to a city go??? Where are artists? There's nothing "special" anymore about NYC. I do remember Breakdancing, Preachers, perfomance artists and yes also street people of all kinds were in the streets back then. Normal people and even less fortunate could afford living in this city. They were part of it and added character. Today it seems to be a place only for well to do and the rich - and that is ... jep, almost boring?! Times Square has become a Disneyland and everything else is like a huge open air mall. It is sad. And I am glad I had the opportunity to have seen both NYCs as it was in the 80s as well as today. Thanks again. This clip is history!
Your welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I remember the day I made this video like it was yesterday. Never thought at the time that there would be such a thing as TH-cam many years later where I could post it for thousands of people see it. Times really have changed since I shot this 32-years ago.
I spent the summer of 1988 in NYC. I was at my Uncle's home in Sunnyside, Queens. I am from Europe. My Uncle was, I guess much cooler dude than your dad, lol. Since he worked most of the time, he urged me to go to Manhattan alone. He said, "Come on, you're not a kid," when I was 15. "Take ten bucks, take Subway, and go to Manhattan and have fun. It's easy." He said, "If you get lost, you can phone me, and I'll pick you up..." hahaha, but I never did. So, it was during the day, but anyway, it was not that dangerous. Parts of NY weren't safe, but you would know where not to go. Harlem was one of those places, and I was so keen to go there because, at the time, basketball was everything to me, and I wanted to play there. Unfortunately, my Uncle said it's the only part he wouldn't take me. Some streets and parts of Queens were not so safe too, but as I said, it's almost like everywhere; if you know where to go and where not to go... you're good to go :)) Thanks for the video; such a joy to watch it! Cheers!
HOUSTON ON THE HUDSON today... being from Cleveland love the Pete Franklin clip
The concrete canyons of NYC will always hold a special place in my heart. I love my city!
I like it when people walk normal and not looking at their phones and admiring the world around them. Better times no annoying devices no smart phones no distractions.
Best time to be tin New York City - the 80s. Miss that time. So different now.
GreenMug Best Time in 80´s??? I thought it was now better than before!
Miriam Da silva nah. It's a "kinder-gentler" new york city. Thanks to gentrification.
Miriam Da silva I lived it and see the way it is today... better back then.
New York City in the 1980s was crime ridden , and filled with crackhead and average like 1000 murders a year . its way better now .
that is what made it dangerous and exciting.
I first went to New York City in 1997 from England and having been obssessed with the place throughout my childhood it was like walking in a dream, not just Manhattan but Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. I went to them all. Ive been back four times since but Ieish I could have gone in the late 70s when it was at its grittiest. Long live NYC
The year I was born. 1987. Somewhere in that massive urban metropolis, Patrick Bateman is doing unspeakable things with a womans insides.
wow I was born and raised in the bronx and this sure brings back some memories of how great the 80's was lets see october 1987 i was in junior high school 162 in the 8th grade... I LOVE MY NEW YORK BACK THEN
I remember back then,. we didn't have social media, no facebook, no youtube. most of the computers, and tvs were huge and bulky, not flatscreen. I remember I was just 14yo at that time. There were no smartphones, but we had the house phones back then. Wow, have times changed, in the sense of technology. Now if you want to talk to a friend, you have to use your smartphone , and not the house phone. Now, you can talk to your friends or relatives on Facebook, you can't talk to them face to face anymore. Back then you actually hung out at your friends house, now you hang out with your friends on Facebook, snapchat and the other social media. I truly miss the 80s.
Kesha phidd exactly was the Best times
the amount of depression and suicides among the young is rising yearly. I blame socialmedia.
Same here! I remember! I was born on Oct 7, '80, i remember the 80s, i grew up more in the 90s lol, everything was old fashioned, old school, no social media, no smartphones, very very very few people had cellphones but the were like bricks, no 4K HD back then also! lol
@Alex Rodriguez i agree! Oct 7, '80 here! Especially today's teens are very distracted with today's social media, FB Instagram, Snapchat etc
I remember ICQ when I was about 13 in 2000. Some of my friends used it then to communicate with school friends or friends from the town or county over to throw parties and stuff for the weekend. You could post stuff to your profile or instant message people. It's actually pretty crazy how far ahead of its time it was. Just not enough people had access to the internet yet. The first computer we had was purchased at one of those rent to own places and my mom ended up paying like $4,000 all total and was still paying for it long after we didn't even have it anymore. Crazy how much the world has changed in my lifetime and I was only born in 1987, the year of this video.
Is it possible that you have this video, mislabeled...?? I only ask because WFAN playing in the background (begining around the 1:30 mark) mentions how Davey Johnson was fired by the Mets. That didn't happen until *1990*, and not...1987.
this video is 1990, not 1987, the guy on radio said Davey johnson was just fired from the Mets which happened in 1990.
An 80 year old today would only be 49 at the time... crazy
Brett Sirum wow crazy
I remember when I walked in these streets... with a walkman and "Pump up the Volume" by MARRS...XDDD
don't you mean a ghettoblaster :) lol
Its so werid not seeing a starbucks on every cornor lol
Not a single phone in hand.
There was a Starbucks on 6th Ave, But it was a Night Club...Had some GOOD TIMES there back in the day!!
How did they survive
There is a hot dog stand on every corner.
oh man how awesome it was to have been a kid visiting the city during this era. so fascinating exciting…new. i can only imagine what it must have been like for a person in their 20s during this time.
i was 23. great memories.
1987 ,I was 19 ..oh my god the memories..
Pretty cool I remember getting a hotdog with a coke for $1.00
Yes I was there as a child, just amazed by how everything was big, so many people, the smell of the hot dog and pretzel carts, colorful lights and signs... It all made a huge impression on me and seemed like the most exciting place in the world!
I moved to NYC in 1987, in my 20s, and it was fun. Very fun.
John Candy was filming the spectacular movie, planes, trains and Automobiles in 1987.
@weaponexpert1 Because only REAL New Yorkers like myself, born and raised, would appreciate a vid like this. This WAS the real New York. NO MORE! It practically lost its soul, nothing more than a name, that's all. P.S. And, yeah, you're right: NO ugly and repulsive SUVs; it was BEAUTIFUL!
i was actually in new york in october of 87 visiting relatives!! i was a teenager then!..damn im old now!!
Today, in the city, everyone is looking at their cell phones as they walk.
dakidsbac777 well if I did that I would run into a pole or something 😂😂 bet you’re typing this while looking at your fun too now shut up
@Alex Rodriguez ikr..god I hate millennials..I hate being one, it's the fake AF generation!
Notice the homeless man people walk past him, hope he was alright.
...and shopping at Whole Foods
When Chevy Caprice and Impala owned the taxi fleets.
eldo59 then fucking Ford took over
eldo59 Now green Toyota Priuses and the Uber/Lyft Armada reigns supreme.
I realise it's only 1987 but, comparing to just 25-26 years later, it does seem a bit more honest and wholesome. No one ramming their current status update down your throat or rubbing their latest celebrity endorsed purchase in your face. Please can we go back to a time before social network media applications?!
haha wow, no SUVs on the streets! but why the hell has such a great and rare material like this only 347 views???
I love 80s era
I guess you're glad that you did this, you caught the last era of it all before it got cleaned up. I wish you have more footage :))
Back when life was liveable.
@weaponexpert1 Only REAL NEW YORKERS like myself would appreciate a vid like this, weapon! And believe me, the memories really do come to the surface. I remember EVERY DETAIL of where I was and what I was doing in October 1987....New York then was a world better than today. It lost it's style and soul now and ,as far as I'm concerned, it's nothing more than just a NAME! P.S. Yeah, you're right: NO UGLY, REPULSIVE SUVs! It was BEAUTIFUL!!
This is right when I got out of the military I arrived home just a week or so before this was made I remember driving tho the city on my Harley Davidson with my duffle bag on back. What a time.
My earliest memories, I was 3 and lived in the city
No I do not. I was just visiting the City on the day that I shot this footage as I do not live in New York. I live in Florida where it's nice and warm.
Not one person on a cell phone. No Blackberrys, Ipods! nothing. I vividly remember this very month and find it hard to believe it been nearly 26 years. My god, that was fun on every level.
Ahh... What I'd do to go back 25 years and see how simple life was back then compared to today, If I only I were born a couple of decades earlier...
The doorman at TrumpTower looks just like the doorman from the Seinfeld episode!
I was there that month. So cool to have this.
Great video. I was born that year at Columbia Presbyterian. I miss my childhood and how NYC used to be in the early to mid 90s.
Very cool to see footage from the year I was born. I am originally from Lynbrook, NY.
It's awesome, I was born November 87
Love Angel87 December 17 /87
Fantastic video! I was 4 at this time and we had just moved from Staten Island to NJ. I was exposed to the city at a very young age so a lot of this does light up many familiar memories in my mind's archives! What's great is that this is not a movie - just candid footage of thousands of ordinary people going about their business. No yuppies or hipsters either, yay!... though the trade off is rampant crime and decay in many parts of the city.
The hot dog & pretzel vendors still look the same. Some things never change, although they don't serve Slice soda anymore.
Ahhhh, not a Starbucks is sight. Those were the days.
You think I've 🤔 could of get Uber or Lyft back in those days?
This was the year I was born wow I really feel old looking at this my god the country change so much sense those days wow
Cool video . I visit New York in August 2006
Hey, but that's what MADE New York NEW YORK! I was born and raised here, and used to it--I was in a street gang, I got pummelled, mugged, punched and I dished out some, too. Call me Old School BUT I was used to the hustle-n-bustle, rudeness, graffitti, hookers in good, ole Times Square, the high crime rate, the works. What many people, esp.outsiders don't realize is, THAT was ALL the REAL soul of NYC!!! Like Sinatra sang," IF you can make here, you can MAKE IT ANYWHERE"! How true that is.
5:33, that's the real sadness of NYC.
Carriage horses have miserable lives in NYC, pounding the pavement for 10 hours a day, 7 days a week ruins their hooves, then instead of getting rest and treatment, they get sent to slaughter. It’s such a blight on our city that this exploitative, inhumane industry still exists.
Vegan Candy you’re out of your mind. That’s what horse shoes are for. What hooves?
Wow, imagine that.....no walking cell phones with their human attachments.
Still looks the same to me just with different cabs and people with 80s looking hair styles and cloths and more diverse.
this is when phil Collins was tearing up the airwaves Factz
aye, Phil Collins, a real artist rather than a mannequin!
this guy was lucky to have that camera in 1987. it must have been a big beta cam
New York is still unique and still has most of its old flavor.
a precious witness about a certain time, thanks a lot
Good times will never be retrieved :( just memories
The taxis! I'd be in heaven if I was surrounded by Caprice, LTD Crown Victoria and Diplomat/Gran Fury taxis as far as the eye could see! Great footage!
This. Is. Amazing.
This is great footage so many changes since that time, My best friend just passed away ,I wish i can go back to 1987 and see her again ,Thank you for this back in time moment...
Thanks for taking me back down to memory lane, ironically i turned 9 years old in October of 1987. Nostalgia
Love the cars
They should make a HD digital scan of these old videos and upload it .
Who do you mean by they?
I'm sorry I was not meaning to sound crass . I meant people who own these tapes .I have been binge watching these 80s and 90s videos . From what I'v heard the video cassette tape contains enough information to convert it into an HD video by a high quality digital scan of it . I think the process is expensive Have you looked into it ?
Good God. it really is the New York from the 80`s ninja turtle cartoons
I was born this year. My first memories didnt come until the 90s, but its funny seeing all of the 1980s cars because these were the cars i grew up with. My family members never had new vehicles growing up lol. My grandpa was still driving 1980s vehicles in the year 2000 then he finally got himself a 90s model 😂
LOVE IT,,thankyou for sharing this,i'm fascinated by new york in particular,the 70's and 80's such an amazing place....:-)
When you look at the people on the streets you wonder where they are now
I am born in 10.09.1987 80s best time
I LOVE CAPRICE CLASSIC ...
Is it just me or did anybody notice that nobody was running their mouth on their cell phones or texting and not paying attention to whats in front of them? Oh wait that stuff didn't exist back then...the good ole days....smh!
So this is NYC in the 80s? I wasn't even born yet! Sucks for me :(
now the world don't move, to the beat of just one drum...different strokes it takes...to move the world! this video reminds me of different strokes
This was a month before I was born, I was still cooking lol!
Back when cities had character
Sara Kahfagi There's literally no difference in character.
C-Blade NO
Sara is right. New York used to be a city of character, now it's just a city of commercialization and hipsters everywhere. There's no uniqueness. The hipsters killed this city along with all other big cities in the country.
I hate cats exactly
Who saw the brown traffic truck call them brownies back then
75-82 where the best years
I missth the 80s best time for New York People was nicer
My favorite year of the 80’s- 1987, anybody else?
86
Dame New York feels like a film, from UK London and it was semi like this as London was getting on its feet, london felt busy when I went there. It's weird how the world has changed.
Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing!
I think, I should go out and take some "normal day in the life" video of my city. Maybe someone in the future will appreciate it...
Saturday, October 10, 1987 (I think) a Joffrey ballerina canceled a date but I went up to the city anyway, won $125.00 at OTB, and played chess. I remember these streets well . I grew up on them but moved to Philadelphia in 1986. NYC was still very "gritty" back then but the signs of gentrification were there. Yuppies were invading in large numbers by then especially on the UES. This is when the term "Yuppie" was coined.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I just can imagine, this video after 500 years, if will be very interesting for future generations to see it , I’m from 2022
THIS IS 1990, NOT 1987...radio announcer talks about Davey Johnson being fired by the Mets, which was in '90.
I'm the one who filmed this and I was never in NY in 1990. It was October of 1987 and that's a fact Jack. So you can believe what you want. But I remember filming this like it was yesterday and it was October of 1987 for sure. And by the way, who the heck is Davey Johnson?
My mistake, I saw the movie Hellraiser was showing and that most certainly was 1987, apologies. Lol, Davey Johnson was the manager for the NY Mets from '84-'90 when he was fired...head-scratcher as to why the guy on the radio is talking about it, maybe some kind of worm-hole/time travel situation, lol. Thanks so much for posting, great vids.
No problem, don't worry about it. I think there was some kind of Baseball strike on at the time and it had something to do with what you heard on the radio when I was videotaping in the taxi cab.
belive it or not this looks alot like Atlantic City , i only live 20 minutes from AC so i've been there alot the two cities dont look much different.
Great stuff!! Thank you
Cool video, 80s in NYC were rigid.. Thanks for the upload
I mean, I don't live there anymore but the honking...the 'busyness'...the graffiti....the rude people...there all still there. The crime has decreased....yes...but is that really worth to complain about.
The glory days...
Absolutely. No question.
Amazing seeing this. I was born in 1989 :D
Good stuff. Almost 30 years later, people are dressed pretty much the same now as they were then. The men might have worn a few more suits in those days, and the hair length is a bit shorter today. Quite the contrast compared to 1967 to 1977 when everything changed. The main change compared to now is that there are many more Latinos and Asians today. But you could transport your average person back in time to 1987, and they would fit right in.
Interesting perspective. I don't really agree with you, but I do think things changed more between say 1955 and 1975 than between 1975 and today (not that I was alive then, but what I can tell). Still, I don't think a Gen Y'er or Z'er would easily fit in it dumped into the 80s in a time machine. It would take them a few weeks at least to get the gist of it, and a lot longer to really understand the culture.
Completely disagree, I have no idea how you reached that conclusion, especially in NYC, which changed much more dramatically between 1987 and now.
Evan Collins It's fine that you disagree, but can you explain why? Look at the contrast between, say, 1952 and 1979, and 1987 and 2014, both 27 year periods.
I'm pretty much talking about how people look. I agree the culture has shifted dramatically. I'm not yet 50, and I pretty much don't understand anyone under 30.
Go back and compare 1965 and 1975, and you'll see what I mean about the rapid changes during that period, in a relatively short time frame.
+J Carson people would fit in perfectly especially because of the fashion. the fashion has made a complete return thanks to hipsters and stuff. 80s and 90s is retro cool, which for me as a kid growing up during that time feels right.
The Brown line - Jamaica, The Orange line TriBoro, The Green Line ... - forgot.
Daley Johnson getting canned...
Thanks for upload. Refreshing.
Can you imagine, in another 25 years, people will most likely wish they could go back to now and probably say the same about it being more simple? I'm actually scared to think how crazy it's going to be to want to come back to now for a simple life!
Back when taxis actually took you were you had to go 😂
For some reason Americans say it this way, why I have no idea. Just like when they say 'I had a couple beers,' instead of 'a couple of beers.'
I was born May of 87, I'm currently now 33 years old and it is October 2020... doesn't seem like I've been alive for a lot very long time but it does go very quick if anyone's wondering, I have a wife and a child, and lived a crazy life so far and I'm from New Jersey which is 30 minutes from where this video was took in place
a precious witness about a certain time, thanks a lot
Wow amazing
To think, somewhere among those people there lied a Patrick Bateman trying to return some video tapes.
When ppl had brains and a half !!
The most heartbreaking thing, is watching everyone pass by the homeless man. So many people missed that opportunity to give him a few dollars, or more...what a cold sad world we live in. That was so sad...poor guy. He probably felt so unloved and uncared for.
Jesus says, when we take care of the poor by feeding and clothing them, we are actually giving to Jesus, Himself.
I remember when I was in my 20's, this poor homeless guy asked me for money to buy a meal. I was not saved then, and didn't care much for anyone but myself. I didn't give him the money, yet instead bought a meal for myself. I was so evil and wretched then, but Jesus has saved me and remade me into a child of Christ.
I know better now though, and I care for the homeless and look for opptys to help them. God admonished me for my selfishness then, and I will never forget that homeless man, how sad he was when I did not give him the money. How awful I was back then!!
Please give to those who are in need, especially the homeless, whenever you can. God has a huge heart for the homeless, read the scriptures and you will see.
I'm guessing you had a really big camera back then
When little Italy was still mobbed up
J'aurais tellement aimé connaître les années 1980 mais je suis née plus tard.
@transductiongold Don't forget no ipods, ipad, iphones, or any other gadget either. As much as I like today's technology, It would be nice if people werent so obsessed with it.
oh man i wish i can go back in time...to live some of this stuff myself, oh well. Is a time machine possible??? XD
Its only 25 years ago thats not long back