1930s New York City in color

Does it really need to be said?


White culture in colored pictures.

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It honestly feels weird looking at how clean and graffitiless New York once was.

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Have you ever even been to New York? Because this sounds like something that someone who has never been would say.

exactly, this is exactly what is wrong with today. People just say anything with no basis.

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White culture in colored pictures.

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Wonderful, isn't it?

When I think of the 1930’s it just seems so old, and in black and white makes it seem like it might as well be colonial days. But looking at it in color, I don’t see much basically has changed in 90 years. I saw ships, planes, people, Christmas decorations, folks eating, nightclubs, theaters, marquees, traffic, pedestrians, etc. Yes, it’s more of a melting pot now, yes there’s way more traffic, technology is far superior, but looking at in color seems much closer in proximity to time than black and white.

I couldn’t deal with the music though.

The stock market crash was in 1929. FDR wasn’t elected until 1932, but he was Governor of NY at that time. Maybe that’s what you meant by referencing him

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New York is cleaner and safer than it was back then.

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This.

Did they not have traffic lights??

Seems like everyone just kinda tries to squeeze in when they can, hell at least put up a stop sign

Is that smog in the first shot of the video?

If so, that's a lot of smog.