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Posted by Charles G on Thu Feb 24 09:51:02 2005, in response to Re: The subway during the 1970's, how bad did it really get?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Feb 24 07:48:39 2005. Wow. What memories. I didn't know the area you photographed very well, but recall the era like it was yesterday.Who can forget the 1977 World Series -- the Yankees were back in the series for the first time in more than 10 years -- when during the first home game the network cameras from the top of the stadium were showing three different out of control fires burning in the neighborhood. Or the Cross Bronx Expressway -- where there were so many burned out and abandoned buildings that they actually put phony "windows" that were plastic or paper or something but looked like windows from the highway -- so that people passing through wouldn't think NYC was as bad as it was. The fake windows sometimes even had little flower pots painted on them! I don't ever want to go back to that, or anything even close to it. |
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