![NY in the 80s 7 | Bushwick circa 1980.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/4271a867d86c67e76572460ea2a1ec14/elements/4578e94420fa330ad0df4d1c9af6ccf6/xl/9770c665-a152-42a0-b6cc-d409c1c9c0d2_2x.jpg)
![NY in the 80s 21 | Times Square circa 1985.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/62f8c02650e3cddde7313b286baad229/elements/23bd1b531785917153b4713eec22b671/xl/1be3d6ca-36d9-4c8d-af4f-535f1bc0b575_2x.jpg)
![NY in the 80s 10 | The Bowery and Houston Street circa 1980.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/d5cf3dd09c3c38ebf2a9127b00172052/elements/0e34008effc44e120a26c977bfe524ce/xl/048fb168-f449-4e16-a449-0bd05b8c3fcd_2x.jpg)
![NY in the 80s 128 | Howard Beach, Queens.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/72091ddd1159d94fb6c933cd1ff2b276/elements/2780f31dcdce515d195f8b88a96b32e4/xl/fb87deb1-3f89-41de-a02b-4157114688b4_2x.jpg)
![NY in the 80s 289 | West 30th Street, Manhattan. Circa 1985.](https://cdn.viewing.nyc/assets/media/2ac1162d918213a1d5516135ea0dc32f/elements/bfa36769da480b7fd94acee0cb322803/xl/fba9c544-5e55-48f1-8f8e-0dcdbb8d3f54_2x.jpg)
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Brooklyn-based photographer Steven Siegel has been taking photos of the City for a long time. In a recent interview with 12ozProphet, Siegel says:
When young people today look at my shots from the 1980s, they are aghast. To them, New York of the 1980s is almost unrecognizable. And they are right.
For more of Siegel's photos from this series (429 more!), check out Siegel's album on Flickr.
via Complex
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