1960's NYC In Black & White

[Radiohead]

Photos by Klaus Lehnartz

Times Square
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5th Avenue
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Park Avenue
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[Radiohead]

Garment District


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Rally for Nelson Rockefeller
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Tourist Shop Windows
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The bottom shirt reads Schlitz Breakfast of Champions. Classic.
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Sixth Avenue
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Columbia Univ
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Greenwich Village

Club Figaro
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Cafe Wha?
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St Marks Place
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[Radiohead]

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Accident at 7th Ave & 32nd Street
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The Bowery
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Pan Am Building
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Midtown from the Hudson
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Brooklyn
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Brooklyn El/Broadway
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Harlem
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Bronx
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[ablarc]

In some ways it was a better city then.




(Could have used a bit less litter, though.)

[czsz]

Wow, I forgot the central Village was once cool (and not just a giant NYU dorm).

[courious]

There were no fat people!

[ablarc]

^ Curiously true.

[ZippyTheChimp]

Less processed/fast food.

No computers.

Real sports, not virtual games.

More an industrial economy.

Less stress?

[ablarc]

^ All the above. Plus sexual gymnastics.

[Radiohead]

Rather than start a new thread, I'll put these color pics of 1960's NYC right here. Not Cushman quality clear, but better interesting nonetheless.

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Timeless Meets Tacky
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UN Building
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Rockefeller Center
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Midtown
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Some of the old cabs were ugly, but graceful in their own way
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[Radiohead]

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[Radiohead]

Most are probably very early 60's; a few may even be late 50's. These are from a 1966 book I dug out of the attic. BTW, I do better job dating photos by cars than haircuts;)

[deezee]

thanks so much for posting these. i have that book by lehnartz as i collect old photography books that focus on nyc in the 50's and 60's. unfortunately, unlike punzie, i'm not too old to remember any of these. the city was definitely much dirtier...no comparison to what it's like today..but it also was a much better place to live. maybe it's just because i was a kid back then and that will always be true of any place you grew up.

mind if i post some other old pictures of the city back then on this thread? i can start a new one if you'd rather.

[Radiohead]

thanks so much for posting these. i have that book by lehnartz as i collect old photography books that focus on nyc in the 50's and 60's. unfortunately, unlike punzie, i'm not too old to remember any of these. the city was definitely much dirtier...no comparison to what it's like today..but it also was a much better place to live. maybe it's just because i was a kid back then and that will always be true of any place you grew up.

mind if i post some other old pictures of the city back then on this thread? i can start a new one if you'd rather.


Feel free. I don't own this thread, I just started it. All 60's NYC pics are welcome; the more the better.

[Radiohead]

Here's some of Cushman's later photos from what looks like the early 60's.

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[The Benniest]

Really cool pictures. I really like the brought back, far out pictures of the city skyline.

Thanks for sharing!
Ben

[macreator]

Wow, I forgot how defining 30 Rock used to be from the Hudson River. Manhattan seems so much narrower before all of the office space west of 6th Avenue was built up. You can even see 570 Lexington -- all the way over on Lexington Avenue -- in all its glory from the West side. What a different skyline.

[Radiohead]

The following are from 1962
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These are from 1958 & 59 (close enough for this thread, I guess)
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A1960's lower Manhattan concept model
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[brianac]

Thank you for taking the time, and having the patience to post all of these wonderful photographs. Particularly the last batch. They led me to the others which I would have missed because they were posted during my absence.