New York City - July 18, 1990

The sights, the sounds and the unmistakable aroma of New York City on July 18, 1990.

[crazyunik]

The first 30 seconds are like in a movie! The drunken guy who fall down, the guy behind with his broken car, the guy who searches for food in the bin... a sequence like a painting

[TheNoisePolluter]

Between 0:18 & 0:24
You Have:
1. Guy digging in the trash
2. Guy falling over fire hydrant
3. Guy running from over heated car

[terrrell]

This is the NYC I grew up in. Nobody on their phones. No social media. I miss nostalgia NYC. I miss my Twin Towers.

[nikkic]

Back in the 90's they said the 70's were better. In the 2000's they said the 80's were better. In the 2010's they said the 90's were better. Now they say the 2000's were better. Moral of the story is.. WE MISS OUR YOUTH.

[JesusLuna]

Those were the days when Times Square was really fun.

[oldschoolwax]

Dirty and affordable... how I miss the real NYC!

[jusliving]

This brings back a flood of memories. I just graduated from HS and was headed of to the Army in a couple of months. It was my last summer in NYC before l embarked on my military career. I went to school not too far from Times Sq. I visit NYC from time to time. Just haven't lived over there in Decades. I miss her.

[billyhuk]

This is incredible. The first 30 seconds alone show a scene you'd never see today. I went there on my own in 2009 and everyone told me to be careful as they still thought it was like this video - instead I found myself in an incredible city feeling safe throughout.

[american_alien_]

0:21 the horn and the fall is priceless

[MKNinja]

I remember it being like that. I was so surprised to see it so clean when I went back in the late 90's and early 2000's.

[BrazenBull]

I always yearned to know what people were doing on my 5th birthday in a random street in New York city. Now I know and it feels so good to finally have my question answered.

[jnyc]

I keep watching 0:23  over and over again

[Onlylettuce]

Ahhh, back when NYC wasn't the mall that it is today.

[CharlesMosley]

I was a 7 yr old boy living in West Philadelphia on this day who dreamed of coming to New York City then. I was/am a huge Ghostbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan and wanted to see the city in which my favs resided. I didn't get to New York until I was 21 in 2004.

[YoshiToMario]

Turns out that police car was the original inventor of dubstep!

[says]

1993-2001 was golden age of new york city

[TalentedCats]

I believe this video was shot in the 42nd Street area. It is an aspect of what Manhattan looked like at that time. I was walking in the same area at the time, so I can feel the passage of time. Thank you!

[dannyleo]

Yeah, New York before the Giuliani era.  New York was dirty and dangerous, but that would change in a few years.  I visited New York in the summer of 1991, and remember how grimy it was.  Glad to see it got better, though I wish a certain event had never happened.

[iAKiZUM]

I was a teenager in NYC Uptown W heights Harlem in 1990 and the chaos seen in this video gave me flashback. Crazy crazy crazy times in NYC. GOOD TIMES I LOVE MY NY !!!

[YeOldePunk]

Between 0:22 and 0:25 there's more action than in my home town during a year :D