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March 16, 2009

Closing Bell: Brooklyn in the 1970's

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Brooklyn Based's Twitter alerted us to an amazing picture set on Flickr—Brooklyn in the 1970's. The photos, uploaded by Whiskeygonebad, show the people, places, and the fashion of Brooklyn in that era.




Posted by TCulver at 4:00 PM | Comments (21)
Categories: Closing Bell

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Great shots, but isn't that 34th Street in Manhattan?

Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 16, 2009 4:10 PM

Ah, you are right. Will update it.

Posted by: TCulver at March 16, 2009 4:14 PM

Nice choice!

Posted by: SnarkSlope at March 16, 2009 4:16 PM

This is the world from whence I came!!! My wife is probably in that shot of FDR High School's lunch room - she graduated in 1975, as a matter of fact.

Posted by: benson at March 16, 2009 4:16 PM

these are great

Posted by: janelle at March 16, 2009 4:28 PM

great stuff. these pictures would make a nice book.

Posted by: buttermilk channel at March 16, 2009 4:46 PM

Amazing, historic daguerreotypes from a distant, bygone era.
Forgive me for not sharing in the nostalgia for the seventies.
Brooklyn was situated at a rather low point in the nation's anatomy back then.



Posted by: Mrs de Dough at March 16, 2009 4:58 PM

everything's better in b&w

funny that those who will love these pics the most either 1) never lived in that era and/or b) wouldn't have been caught dead in these types of neighborhoods

Posted by: blackstoner at March 16, 2009 5:07 PM

They look exactly like the kids in my high school - same time frame. The platform shoes, the bell bottom jeans. Just missing candies and jordache - maybe that was a little later? I remember those bomber jackets the guys wore.

What were those shoes called - marshmellows? They had white soft platforms with colored uppers?

Posted by: cobblehiller at March 16, 2009 5:25 PM

Wow - I graduated from FDR in 1979, wondering if any of the people in those pictures chased me home from school. I was a black girl that was bused in for a better education opportunity........

Posted by: Brownsville at March 16, 2009 5:31 PM

Welcome to yesterday?

***Bid half off peak comps***

Posted by: Brownstones Half Off at March 16, 2009 5:50 PM

"What were those shoes called - marshmellows? They had white soft platforms with colored uppers?"


AAAAAHHHHH Cobblehiller I had the blue and a black pair! Do you remember Exersoles? Those where the days..

The What

Someday this war is gonna end..

Posted by: Return of The What at March 16, 2009 5:51 PM

Hey, Chaap a Nosh! There's one (or was one) on Avenue M.

Disco is dead! Rock rules! You're right, Blackstoner, although I lived in that era, I wouldn't have been caught dead hanging out with the Saturday Night Fever crowd. And I was from Midwood, which isn't exactly the coolest neighborhood.

I'll admit, I did own a pair of Jordache.

Posted by: rh at March 16, 2009 5:56 PM

Oh geez, you had to bring those up!

Yes, What, I do remember them...earth shoes! I had a pair in tan/brown! UGH! LOL!


Posted by: cobblehiller at March 16, 2009 6:14 PM

On the site of that 1855 house is now the Maimonides Medical Center Pediatric Clinic.

Posted by: jfss at March 16, 2009 7:06 PM

quote:

Brooklyn was situated at a rather low point in the nation's anatomy back then.

lol true. when i told my grandmother i moved to brooklyn from HARLEM she was like OMG that's where the bad people live. no clue what she really meant by that. probably racist but probably true. all races back in the day in brooklyn were kinda gross. (sorry to say that).

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at March 16, 2009 7:41 PM

"Welcome to yesterday?"

I will bet you in a few years the retards will tell people they was born in Brooklyn...

This the Brooklyn we are going back to...

The What

Someday this war is gonna end....

Posted by: Return of The What at March 16, 2009 8:14 PM

I would like to see some sunset park photos before the Asians moved in.

Posted by: Santa at March 16, 2009 9:55 PM

"everything's better in b&w

funny that those who will love these pics the most either 1) never lived in that era and/or b) wouldn't have been caught dead in these types of neighborhoods"

Blackstoner, actually B&W makes everything look worse. And in fact, in 1971 or 1972 I lived with a gay African American friend in Willoughby Walk and it was no big deal. It was what it was. It was good. I remember watching the WTC go up from his terrace.

As usual, Rob has no clue, and the What rules.

Posted by: denton at March 16, 2009 10:43 PM

This photo set features a wonderful and now-demolished Dutch homestead, btw. Nice glimpse of a vanished past...in several layers.

Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at March 17, 2009 1:16 PM

The Epilepsy photos on this guys flickr page are a bit disturbing. My aunt has the same condition. Heavy stuff

Posted by: tomgee at March 17, 2009 9:00 PM

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