Eighty Years of New York City, Then and Now | The New Yorker

[@mimimarcus]

Amazing that the city looks essentially the same but with more people and more trees... lots more. Time flies; treat everyone kindly

[@mckenzie.8653]

Goofy Emoji far less scaffolding too lol

[@sandmanbub]

Request granted. :)

[@blakemcnamara9105]

That's because it didn't show the places that actually did change drastically.

[@arkadeepkundu4247]

But I can see more trees in the past....

[@arkadeepkundu4247]

The black picture is of winter season and the colour picture is of summer season so obviously less trees is visible in winter.

[@finchcarvingadiamond]

IN CENTRAL PARK YOU CAN SEE YOUNGER VERSIONS OF THE TREES THAT STILL STAND NOW

[@forrealleiirichardmckee4611]

Oval Teen oof

[@trumanburbank8715]

No no. Those were just the Great Grandparents of the trees that stand today 😉

[@streamplug6070]

Yuo

[@streamplug6070]

Yup

[@texsion]

How long do trees stay up for?

[@AZWZOfficial]

Wondering if there will be a video comparing New York City 80 years from now.

[@artemiosandoval2032]

2097. Can’t even imagine what it would be like.

[@Qboro66]

Hopefully my daughters will find out. They'll be 89 and 85 respectively.

[@AdmiralFroggy]

AZWZ there won't be a new York by then

[@linusmlgtips2123]

Either under water or you'll see walls everywhere.

[@doriancroatia2054]

You're overreacting with this "there won't be new york by then". I bet 80 years ago people would also say that. there will be new york but much more advanced. and some places will be pretty much same as now, like it this video.

[@alexweston9269]

1:20 couple sitting in exact same spot

[@ssj4goten432]

Some things never change...

[@motionboundary3851]

Alex Weston na dawg this is a simple example of beings who have mastered the art of time travel.

[@frankfranksen204]

excellent find!

[@westbourne]

Alex Weston they are their grandchildren

[@mrpeabody3858]

Time travelers. Pretty common in New York City.

[@CyndyNeg]

they would be shocked how casual we dress now! great video!

[@ChaseWulff]

If you wanna get an idea of how much of New York City has actually been saved throughout the years compared to other cities, just take a look at the video The New Yorker did for Los Angeles. It is crazy.

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

I know. Los Angeles is almost unrecognizable.

[@dynamix5119]

Los Angeles just remolded and bulldozed the old, it's kinda sad

[@dynamix5119]

But it's kinda reasonable, most of those buildings wouldn't be able to survive earthquakes, unlike NY they don't have these kinds of disasters

[@mokiboki1778]

What's funny is Palm trees aren't even native here in cal. They are all brought in.

[@whatadamnusername]

@@dynamix5119 The downtown LA that we know is actually situated right next to the old downtown, so there's that

[@hiok2050]

So sad that Los Angeles looks completely different 80 years ago and that New York City still kept its architecture while prospering at the same time.

[@martinirecords9471]

Even Cape Town is kinda like that in South Africa

[@blakemcnamara9105]

This video failed to show just how much New York lost over the years like whole neighbourhoods, buildings, and train lines.

[@chrisbadillo2540]

New York definitely lost a lot of buildings and nothing but stupid billboards and scaffolding’s under construction

[@chenzhu9308]

There are still a lot of old buildings in downtown LA ( especially those abandoned ones in the homeless area) it hasn’t been put into use for long time. Also LA has earthquake issue.

[@MaggotDiggo1]

The world was so different before colour was invented.

[@ryderwashington4199]

you mean when color was invented (it's a joke)

[@frostlion93]

color was invited by nazis for discrimination. seen a youtube video on it.

[@Shiva108]

yeah, color was "invited" by the nazi's...

[@frostlion93]

invited is a synonym for Aliens.

[@dicbyrd]

Hea it was pretty blah back then

[@StamatisStabos]

Old York vs New York

[@ricardobasurto2330]

lateral thinking! great

[@ellielopez1615]

lol lol

[@adamszpyt1766]

In my opinion Old New York i more beautiful than New York now!!😊😊

[@derranlawston4052]

Stamatis Stabos Old York is in england hahaha

[@dariusanderton3760]

old York is on the other side of the ocean. Lots of medieval buildings, fascinating place to visit.

[@Qasimb10]

thank you for planting those trees

[@youtubechannel-uz9sh]

Yes

[@yoditsebhatu3578]

Need that ajr

[@_Bandit88]

Wow, this is awesome work, incredible and original. I'm personally amazed by the quality of the videos on the left.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

I love the brilliant synchronization done to make this video possible.

[@Bosco_the_Historian]

1:08 The horse car turn into a truck XD perfect matched!

[@percussionjamz6704]

I hate cities but when I go to New York I can't help but feel nostalgic and or feel great. I love the jazz bars, love Christmas there, love the culture.

[@Jinaria101]

Maybe New York just has that charm that no other city has

[@inigobantok1579]

Because New York feels like the central capital of the World

[@AVIAN94Productions]

🗽🗽

[@ThecrazyJH96]

Mainly enjoyed the No driving rules of back then 😂

[@neneray310]

Joseph Harding they drove like animals lmao

[@101Volts]

It was _very_ early in the history of Automobiles; even the stop sign had only been introduced in 1915.

[@bernardpopp541]

+Raymond P. Cars y'all...wheeeeeeeee here we go guys... wheeeeeeee...BANG💥😵

[@bernardpopp541]

+Bernard Popp Back then, lots of ppl were reciting... Car, car, C---A---R, stick your head in a jelly jar...! ...near NYC where we grew up. ppl were not all happy about cars & buses replacing horses & trollies! It was all about corporate greed agenda to sell vehicles. 🎩🙇💵💵💵💵💵💵

[@camtwan1]

Bernard Popp lol yeah for sure you can remember that like it was yesterday can’t you?

[@patrickking9600]

People really drove like jerks back then

[@elogic7796]

Patrick King people still drive like jerks lol

[@ONEMUNEEB]

Seventy Gorgon your grammar isnt correct

[@ThecrazyJH96]

Patrick King seems like there were no rules lol

[@me-ft5mi]

They didn't have laws back then

[@tooties545]

Patrick King And then they got worse.

[@CodyDTD]

It looks so much cooler back then.

[@Muonium1]

Codydtd only ~1.2°C

[@BreannaMae]

I love the soundtrack you used for this! If you could define New York City with music, it would be jazz. Every time I hear that genre, I envision myself walking among the trees in Central Park during the Autumn season with my boyfriend. Such a romantic place to be during that time of year. Makes me miss being there.

[@richardhamburger5072]

Who did the music? Pitch perfect. Please credit the musicians so we can hear more of their work. Lovely and it captures New York City's vibrancy. Names please.

[@ronaldo8933]

Richard Hamburger Probably dead

[@kelliemalone8916]

Richard Hamburger My first thought.

[@booksgandolfini1232]

Jazz

[@RealSergiob466]

@Dirt McGert313 no results

[@GREG_Khar-NÜ-Metalhead2000]

Richard hot dog

[@joaquinsuarez4953]

didn't know there were youtubers 80 years ago

[@c.i.a.4618]

E.A.G 65 ikr

[@owens7807]

it’s a joke

[@dead99ish]

E.A.G 65 wooosh

[@cdsnider9496]

My 10 year old ask me the same thing earlier.

[@wilofc]

E.A.G 65 haha how can you not understand its a joke

[@TS-bh7hn]

You can see how the population has increased as well

[@dead99ish]

TheLusianPopa False.

[@FreshAsianSwagg]

+TheLusianpopa And all of this could be avoided if you could fucking remember the title of the video. "Eighty Years Of NEW YORK CITY". Plus, with a growth of a whole fucking city, do you really not expect to see more populace in Manhattan? It''s just a part of the city, has to do with nothing. If LA grows, can you not expect to see more people at South Beach? Dumb fuck.

[@NathanielTanFL]

bruh you had a point until you spelt "Manhattan" as "Mnahattan"

[@NathanielTanFL]

who you talking to?

[@ScoobyDooIsDead]

T S Tourists

[@HipHopAvenueTV]

amazing video

[@megamanstarforcemegabuster5424]

Thx man :D

[@melbojudoka]

PLEASE provide credits for the music - it was a perfect complement to the visuals.

[@frankhamilton3874]

Can't wait to see your next video in this series, 80 years from now.

[@elinmortal.6264]

And you probably wont see it lol cuz we all be dead.

[@pt8333]

No worries. Now only 78 years to wait. Soon...

[@Hartfordland]

Great work! The earliest car I could find was a 1924 Packard on the west side highway so I suspect that film is probably from a couple years later. The newest car I saw was in Central Park, a Beautiful Buick 40 Series so I would guess the latest film footage is from circa 1941. Incredible work by the folks at New Yorker.

[@MrPictor]

The movie Green Light was released in early 1937. (at 4:13)

[@EdgarHernandez-ff5sf]

The amount of attention to detail and precision that it took to make this comparison video is very impressive. Thank you to whoever took the time to make it. Thank you.

[@thecitizenjoan]

This is pretty amazing whoever produced this.

[@tjs200]

Its interesting how different yet how similar things were back then. Especially time square. It was different but the same. Flashy signs, tall buildings, an electric atmosphere. everything was the same but just in a different flavor per se.

[@johngreen3543]

Sign technology has greatly changed over those 80 years. That I felt was the most changed part of NYC shown

[@thechosenscone]

The impact of perspective is fascinating. Back then, the tall buildings looked huge, but compared to now and how there are taller buildings surrounding them, they are dwarfed. It's really noticeable in that first shot.

[@berbo4063]

Idk why when I was young I thought there was no colors in the past

[@mambayt9596]

Lmao same dude😂😂😂

[@kenokorleone512]

Me 2 Fam😭😂😂

[@karlambas]

same

[@stickman9571]

Same. We all thought that.

[@rajanm8725]

Me 2 guys 😂🤣

[@geatorella]

I mourn some of the beautiful old stone architecture that has been replaced by monoliths

[@KewhoMin]

I love historical videos such as these! Great stuff!

[@Shatamx]

Seeing the horse drawn carriages still prevalent back then is crazy. The one on the bridge @ 0:35 Imagine doing that today.

[@peatyboweaty]

I love how the roads from the old film rarely had any traffic lines in the street.

[@Karmy.]

and everybody drove like they had major road rage

[@kirillassasin]

More cars= more troubles on the road In 1920’s lot of drivers didn’t know how to correctly handle the car, you even didn’t need license for that

[@pfontaine23]

This was excellent and I can't thank you enough for posting this. Truly fascinating!

[@zepedaana3873]

This videos are such a treasure it makes me a little sad that I won’t get to see the next eighth years to come. But I am also glad to know that this videos are like a time capsule for the next generation to see how things were back then. We should never forget the struggles that people had to go through to get to where we end up.

[@hebneh]

No lane markings; drive wherever you feel like it. No crosswalks; walk in the street wherever you feel like it. It was not better in the old days.

[@voosum]

hebneh on the contrary look up how no signs is better vox did a video iirc

[@lauracaskey7730]

Also so many more trees now!

[@localgarnage776]

No cause before I could have been driving like a snake now I can’t :(

[@shyshy4273]

hebneh as it should be. Jaywalking laws doesn’t make except for the fact that it make driversmore reckless to pedestrians. Streets should be for pedestrians not for cars.

[@devinmoss3365]

Get outta my way you say!

[@ladollyvita333]

This was wonderful! I'm so proud of my city! She's a part of my soul!

[@andonia2020]

I love how old cars look

[@ricardobasurto2330]

u´re wrong! both images contains new cars!

[@billbellamy9614]

crazy how they developed all that with no modern technology.. there's places in the world that still ain't on this level

[@alvarezgamers]

Craftsmanship back then was top notch !

[@chaole1000]

Exodus 1831 ever heard of the industrial revolution? That was the development of modern technology that built all those skyscrapers, railroads, and bridges.

[@billbellamy9614]

Eric C its very impressive.

[@guillermogutierrez-santana4446]

It is modern technology. Everything that SWE and Quants use to million-dollar salaries is all based on mathematics and science developed in the 1700's. Everything is just different schools of thought/ marginal improvements + automation. I bet you Sir Isaac Newton could become NYC's best Engineer within months since he has better knowledge than anyone on Calculus and Physics.

[@LaurenOliviArt]

Check out the Romans!

[@thewaywardpoet]

This is remarkable! It's amazing to see just how much (and how little) New York has changed between then and now. Whether the 1930s or the 2010s, it was and is an exciting, incredible city. :)

[@nandhinigopalan]

Must have been a lot of effort to shoot and sync ! Brilliant ! thanks for sharing 😊

[@acefromspaces]

Very atmospheric

[@LRS905]

To really appreciate this video, I think it must be seen, at least, at half speed. Awesome effort.

[@Calikid331]

I wish every US city became more like NY. I live in the suburbs and i hate how everything is so far apart and you basically NEED a car to do anything. And cities like NY are actually better for the environment!

[@ellielopez1615]

Renovator Sounds like Houston. :(

[@jabbyjabster]

The cool thing about New York is that most of it is on islands. Therefore, you can’t really expand outwards, thus preventing the sprawl you see in many American cities today.

[@inuloveskago]

That's so much of where I live in the Bay Area. You need a car to get anywhere and if you use the bus, you're seen as poor. I hate the mentality here. People are so snobbish. The grass is literally greener on the East Coast thanks to the constant rain - I wanna visit it someday.

[@PolymurExcel]

Gia It’s Albany isn’t it?

[@0ffaI]

@@giaxsmoothiex Boi you sound like those dudes that get salty when someone calls the USA America

[@lostindiancamp]

I love videos like this, thanks. It's amazing how some buildings haven't really changed much at all and some places have changed too much.

[@ssippirrilli]

my hometown now is not even as modern as NY in the 80 years back then,,

[@nabilshaikh8134]

Is your hometown Mumbai???

[@dveryan7]

That old footage is so crispy...they must have had a nice stabilizer and great editing software back then... Old looks better than new... Nice work!

[@realtimemachineradiotmr2880]

Did the person film this go back in time.

[@finnrummygaming]

Video cameras have been around since the late 19th century. I don't know who filmed this, but that person is Definetly dead right now

[@thomasdollard7971]

Video has only been around since the 1950s, movie cameras have been around since 1895.

[@digest9144]

Thomas Dollard What?

[@digest9144]

Thomas Dollard What?

[@thomasdollard7971]

There were no video cameras in the late 19th century, they were film cameras, video wasn't invented until the 1950s. All moving pictures are not "video".

[@bengie11355]

This is what I love about NYC. Most structure's built in the 20th century, and even before that are still standing.

[@markverdad6320]

Thats so surreal.

[@gotsukenj5358]

It’s fascinating and amazing video. Thanks for uploading!

[@SMorrisRose]

Interesting in that there seem to be many more people using bicycles for transportation now than back then, when presumably an automobile represented a much larger proportional investment. They also seem to have gotten away with many fewer traffic control devices such as marked crosswalks and pedestrian signals - people crossed willy-nilly and I didn't see any conflicts. Beautifully done. Interesting choices of neighborhood-specific music.

[@kirijones3778]

Amazing to watch. Thank you.

[@AllEyezOnDeRozan]

Los Angeles: buildings with helipads and also less trees New York City: buildings with grass roofs and also more trees

[@soymilk9156]

All my New Yorkers rise up!

[@cronnyberg]

Have you got a track-list for this video? Tried to shazam but got nothing, so I'm assuming they are probably from some kind of session track

[@sylkates]

Probably royalty-free production music. Is that what session track means?

[@prodrt1]

very, very late, but you can always convert the video to mp3 :)

[@TheRealDanBond]

It's cool to see the same trees in both shots.

[@nechus]

With this soundtrack seems like a woody allen's movie :)

[@quirkyquips9915]

Brilliant! Glad to see there are original buildings still going strong. And those trees! Oh, the stories they have seen.

[@seeeteee]

wow...5th ave was a two-way street. i wonder if all the avenues were.

[@kwbalance108]

All aves were two-way in Manhattan at some point. In 1908, south of 59th street was widened...it's likely that around that same time, traffic was averted to one-way.

[@rightlibertarian8355]

Classic representation man and that lovely music.

[@Kawsaki]

Geez, it almost looks like none of the original LA buildings are left!

[@i.c.a.productionsbyr.p.]

Beautiful and very, very interesting video! Congrats and many thanks 👍!

[@tanner.h]

Captain America probably watched this video to see what changed.

[@richardjordan8970]

Wow this is so fantastic , and some of them still have the same buildings..

[@wileycayote23]

music credits please!

[@NYCRephotographer]

Amazing video. Who at The New Yorker puts these together?

[@Polymathically]

This is amazing. Well done, folks! Is there a list of the music tracks that were used?

[@oleh8644]

Look at the fashion back then! How stylish people used to be in the past!

[@Suchapill]

what about the jazz music on 5th Avenue? was that Mingus or Dexter or who???! Thanks.

[@titoadji4099]

It's so beautiful, i hope someday i can visit NY

[@YousifPhotoshopTutorials]

wow * we'll be history some year

[@roanlindeman2942]

Ive always been interested in how citys were in the past, great to see how it looked like when my grandparents were younger.

[@dicbyrd]

I see they didn't drive any better back then than they do now.

[@JackCallSports]

This is unbelievable So glad I live so close to this great city

[@arman4440]

It is hard to imagine almost everyone in the old video is dead.

[@kawsakiTV]

The Time Square part is great!

[@nyceefx]

A M A Z I N G

[@LynnePedigoRidayReiter]

Very cool comparisons! AND THANK YOU FOR USING JAZZ BACKGROUND FOR A REFRESHING CHANGE!

[@chuckdeezul2180]

Cool piece but: No Brooklyn (just the bridge) No Queens No Bronx No Staten Island...

[@TheMusketITuckedIt204]

IKR it's like everyone thinks Manhattan = NYC

[@ibackspot68]

It's probably because they didn't record those parts of New York City back then so they only filmed what was filmed then.

[@HHSGDFootballJPD]

Queens and Staten Island would've looked drastically different anyways--they had less than have the population in the 30s than they do now.

[@kwbalance108]

A good two decades or so before these videos were taken, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens were independent. They weren't boroughs; they weren't consolidated into New York City. before 1898, New York City was exactly that; Manhattan Island. A number of folks of this time would have still had the habit of saying New York City for Manhattan and not the other boroughs. Gotta understand that part of our history.

[@Alrucards]

Chuck Deezul Check out old MTA videos of the elevated trains. So much that was then is still present now or old photos of the city and its outer boroughs.

[@ronniethepinoysausagemaker3432]

Very nice! Congratulation for your amazing time and effort on this production...thank you for sharing😊

[@vonemd9542]

This is why i love living in new york 😏🤩

[@surefmeurope5766]

Very interesting and greatly produced. Great mix of period music and contemporary. God bless

[@perrys9872]

A lot of advertising these days compared 80 years back

[@jeffdahlman8581]

Very - Very well done....Thank You!

[@davidedicagno-hagen2652]

This is nice, but the first clip of Central Park is incorrect. The "now" video shows 72nd street, but the old video shows the entrance on 85th on the West Side.

[@davidtosh7200]

In the 1930s, they use the early Westinghouse Mercury Vapor lamps, which look like brushes that used for car wash because the fine bristles that used for shielded the light to the ground only to reduce light pollution back in those days.

[@rayfridley6649]

David, those old street lights may have been arc lamps Just before Edison invented the incandescent light bulb, another inventor created an arc fixture whereas an arc inside a sealed globe would emit a very bright light when turned on at night. Arc lighting was simply impractical for indoor use. These were used for about fifty years since their first appearance in the 1880s.

[@siamllc]

Greatest city in the world

[@ivanbonet4]

Now we make remakes even of footage. But in this case it's interesting. So many luxury cars nowadays.

[@khaledahmed2847]

No lanes on the streets or crosswalks at intersections!

[@lmuchnick]

Amazing soundtrack and video

[@jewdollaz305]

Just imagine 100 years from now...3D or 4d background.. wait on it.😉

[@TheMusketITuckedIt204]

Nope, holograms.

[@spacedust9548]

Some flying cars and more skyscrapers i think

[@mxkudayoooo]

@@spacedust9548 no, flying cars are impossible I dont know how to explain it in english (because i live in germany) sorry :/

[@spacedust9548]

@@mxkudayoooo in the mean of "flying cars" yes, they're impossible to fly but they may exist by just hovering above the ground

[@mxkudayoooo]

@@spacedust9548 yep :)

[@Michellesilva1238]

Congratulations, I loved it.

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

@0:23 imagine if someone was driving like this guy today

[@user-xl1ni1tv4s]

B NY I know! He’s just driving in the middle and not letting anyone pass!

[@mmhoss]

never been to Queens eh?

[@likespurple2261]

This was great. Thanks.

[@blandoatmeal3570]

i keep seeing beautiful neo-classical buildings being replaced by stark, boring, modern boxes.

[@Nasota99]

all the trees in the central park are blushing at seeing themselves as younger trees.

[@waynejohnson1304]

Unlike the "Then and Now" film of Los Angeles, where most people thought the new city is horrible in comparison, I think New York actually never looked better than it does now. There are more trees which add to the ambiance, less litter, better landscaping, and a LOT less pollution today than before. 42nd and 8th streets aren't a seedy mess of prostitutes and pimps like it used to be. You don't have people following you around trying to sell you drugs anymore. The crime rate is down. Since 9/11, the people are actually friendlier too. I only wish they would bring back the Checker Marathon Taxis and get rid of the trashy, disgusting Taxis that are on the roads now. Those Checkers were IDEALLY suited for New York's roads. They were HUGE inside. They took the potholes and other badly rutted streets like they were nothing. Like London did with their Taxis, New York should have done with theirs.

[@Kawsaki]

This is really fun to watch when you’re high 🙂