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New York is one of the most amazing cities in the world, but it was actually even better in the 80s than it is now. Here are a few things we wish were still true about the Big Apple, and catch the The CW's “The Carrie Diaries,” based on the bestselling prequel to “Sex and the City,” Fridays at 8/7c.

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You’ve seen the first album of photographs from Manel Armengol’s trip to in New York in 1977 and 1978, when he went backstage to meet Divine. (And don’t miss his pictures of Barcelona under attack in the 1970s.) Here’s Album 2. Where politer European cities might have had street mimes, New York has … Continue reading "A European’s Views of New York In the 1970s"

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Café Wha?, located at 115 MacDougal Street in the west village of New York City, opened in the 1950s. Under the guidance of owner/manager Manny Roth, it became a prominent, cutting edge musical venue during the 1960s. A plethora of famous musicians played there (many of them unknowns who were just getting started). The now legendary club still operates to this day in the same location as it did all those years ago. Bob Dylan’s first ever stage performance (a walk-on) in New York took place…

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It’s well known that Times Square in Manhattan endured a massive facelift during the mayoral tenure of Rudy Giuliani in the 1990s. Disney became an investor in the area, which soon became a touristic haven for Madame Tussaud’s and stores selling overpriced fare from Godiva’s, M&M’s, Quiksilver, and Lids. The main casualty of this process of turbo-gentrification were the charming porno houses that dotted the area in the 1970s and 1980s. Maggie Hopp worked in the administration of Mayo...

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