New York Christmas 1976 - Super 8mm

Some fantastic Super 8mm tourist footage of New York at Christmas in 1976, featuring all the classic locations!
This is a home movie and the music was the original music added to the Super 8mm film by the person who shot it. Although it doesn't fit the time period it was their personal choice and as such I decided to keep it true to their edit.
/ stuartbaileymedia

[@nagazinafireworks7594]

WOW I was 17 then where the hell did my life go? My parents are gone my sisters are gone my brother is gone, but I'm still going good thank GOD. I was living in Watchung NJ then. Ive had some up and downs in my life mostly good, been with the same company for the past 34 years, I can happily say my life is very good. thank god. BUT I WILL ALWAYS MISS THE 70'S.

[@zampieritto]

I feel happy you are fine. The 70s and 80s they was great. Take care

[@nagazinafireworks7594]

@@zampieritto Thanks same to you.

[@nagazinafireworks7594]

@Ana Maria Hi Yes my siblings were 19 to 22 years older I was the 2nd marriage.

[@majorcorn0526]

NAGAZINA FIREWORKS what was life like in the 70s?

[@user-rg4yk4jr1y]

@Ana Maria I was wondering the same thing. He's only 62 now. I was 12 in 1976. I'm 56 and my mom is a strong and healthy 78.

[@dianacarbajal9631]

I was 16 in that times, Now im 64 and really miss the 70s and80s, beauty view of New York just know by pics, its amazing and modern City, I live inlove of New York, thanks for sharing huges from Perú 🇵🇪🤗🌲☃️⭐🌌❄️🎈🎉🗽🌉🌃🌇🌆🎆🏙️

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

I liked 1976 because I spent so many evenings watching Barney Miller and the Rockford Files with my dad. Dont ever take that time for granted.

[@drpoundsign]

The BEST part of "Barney Miller" was that rubberband Blues theme. Me and my Late folks Liked "Rockfish" Too (although the plots got a bit mushed out at times.)

[@alexanderrodriguez6755]

1976 was the best 4th of July celebration ever in New York. I was only 9, but still remember. The whole city all 5 boroughs. It was a colossal block party never to be repeated

[@victorkreitner754]

And in 3 years it will be the 250th anniversary as opposed to 200th celebrated in 1976.

[@jgrysiak6566]

Same in Pittsburgh, it was majestic! Such a happy time!

[@Toboldlygo721]

That was the year of the bicentennial 1776 to 1976 I remember it well I was in Italy watching operations sail on TV all the ships passing in the Statue of Liberty it had been rebuilt the previous year by President Reagan. 👍🏻✨🇺🇸🇺🇸 Remember wishing I was back home in America! ❤️🇺🇸❤️

[@timothysullivan4130]

Sure was I was 15 living in DC the fireworks were INCREDIBLE 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️❤️

[@ChrisWilliams-pw6gw]

I was eight. I remember thinking how cool it was to be alive for a "bicentennial" celebration.

[@Ash-ky8jo]

Who would love a time machine to go back and spend a long weekend exploring in 1976. Just blend in and wander anonymously soaking it all up.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

I would too. The current NYC is depressing.

[@rollzolo]

That's the spirit

[@bonysminiatures3123]

i would go and visit john lennon save his life , would make a good movie)

[@TheVaughan5]

I don’t need a time machine, just a good memory. My first time in NYC was 1972. I was 19 and thought how exciting the city was. A vibe of a real working city, not a Disneyesque tourist hot spot. Wonderful shops on 5th Ave and wow the people looked so smart and affluent. I had been warned about the crime but that didn’t stop me walking midtown at night without seeing any incidents. To go to the top of the RCA building (now called Top of the Rock) you weren’t hearted around in a line like cattle surrounded by tourist tack, just walked into the main lobby and took the express elevator to the top floor. Times Sq was becoming run down but certainly had more character than now. I could go on and on, so much that impressed me has gone but the memories remain forever. After my most recent visit I never want to go back again.

[@Ash-ky8jo]

@@TheVaughan5 Thankyou for sharing your memory, i really would love to haved experienced that. Last time i went to NYC in 2019 i may as well have been in any city in Europe. The heart had been ripped out.

[@136760mas1]

My parents are gone. My two sisters are gone. All my aunts and uncles are gone. Many of my friends are gone. They all loved NY tremendously.

[@JohnNorris411]

The best part of 1976. No Internet.

[@milenatomanic951]

ermm What the sigma?

[@hectorlopez1069]

Oh yes, absolutely no internet

[@Bubbajet4289]

@@milenatomanic951 ur so skibidi

[@milenatomanic951]

@@Bubbajet4289 (I don't think like that, I was mocking the kids that do)

[@tf-ok]

The best part of 1856. No toilet paper.

[@Bobster986]

I love the old checker cabs, phone booths, and the fact that nobody is walking looking at the palm of their hands. This were the days.

[@chargermaster586]

People had portable 8 track players and Walk mans

[@wearethewearethewearethhe]

@@chargermaster586people also had portable eyeglasses and wallets back then too. How is any of this related to a cell phone?

[@branevans3705]

They may not have been looking at the palms of their hands, but their noses were sure shoved neatly into their newspapers.

[@DianaChick-ge1it]

​​​@@5thElementFPVMaybe not to carry around much but there were definitely still 8 tracks actually. My 1980 Camaro came w one literally. I grew up w records n albums n kinda skipped right to cassettes but I felt pretty cool w that 8 track player 🙂👍 One day I stopped at a yard sale and saw a big box of 8tracks As it was now the 80s ,I had none to play on my cool 8track player in the CamarO😁. The people having the yard sale were stunned that I was so thrilled over finding some. They insisted on giving me the whole box for 1 buck😊... To top it off they were all loaded w great 70s music🙂👍🌠✨🌙I really was in my glory finally getting to use it in the car 😁👌☮️.. PS I still go to NyC @Xmastime Midnight Mass , and the GREAT 2 story 50s diner Stardust diner on Broadway🌠✨😁🌙☮️ I LOVE N. Y 🎵 🎶 📻 🎵

[@danielsneighborhood2050]

I love the sound of stretched tape/film.

[@NewYorkCityBoxing]

When I was a kid in the 70's the entire neighborhood was lit up with beautiful Christmas lights. We would go downtown and every store played Christmas music -- times have changed.

[@neanam]

Chrimus

[@mog7501]

@Jacob Mayfield In what city/state? Not NYC, Christmas is still pretty celebrated here, I dont celebrate it but I have no problem with it.

[@emmm9922]

Your right people ain't great full enough no more , they just don't see how precious life is god is great ....

[@spb7883]

Imagine what old people were saying about the country WHEN YOU WERE A KID!

[@alf.2929]

A rather sad thought but every adult in that home movie are mostly likely dead or in nursing homes but more likely dead.

[@_BhagavadGita]

I'm 55 years old. Every day, the future look a little bit darker, but the past, even the grimy parts of it, keep on getting brighter.

[@beinghomosapien563]

Sad , but true .

[@DCC85100]

@@beinghomosapien563 Of course darker,, people are degraded everyday...Ugly interior ugly exterior...Years back people know what the love looks like now love only through your wallet..

[@Aaroncarter55726]

I’m 70 years old

[@ianofliverpool7701]

I feel the same

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

Thats because it wasnt that bad. I bet 2065 will make 2021 feel like lalaland too.

[@RumbleFish69]

I'm 60 today, and I grew up in NY during this time. It feels surreal watching this today. My health is not good these days, so if I die today, at least I got to see a memory of my past. I was 12 going on 13 in '76, and it was one of the best years of my life.

[@porkscratchings5428]

Same here, very sad to see Manhattan like it is now.

[@RumbleFish69]

@porkscratchings5428 I know! The sad thing is that it's supposed to be better, family friendly, and cleaner, but somehow, it manages to feel worse!

[@haystackhider7158]

Wish you good health and nice to hear your story.

[@RumbleFish69]

@haystackhider7158 Thank you kindly, friend. I truly appreciate it.

[@paulbrewer2673]

Hang in there my friend I was born in 76 and I don’t know why watching this makes me feel kind of good inside. It’s hard to explain. It’s like I missed that time we’re all in this together from that era.❤

[@michaeltimothy70]

It is amazing how time changes. My dad used to play football in the park and he would let me wonder around by myself. Told me to go to this bar across the street and wait for him if I got bored. He new the bartender there. I would walk in and get a coke and hot dog. Talk to all the people in the place. I was 10 and it was awesome. I miss my dad!!

[@heltonbrum]

😂❤

[@georgehenderson7783]

Sounds like it was a great time.

[@bobgomez9481]

Now there are plenty of BLM transgender riots there! Awesome! Your dad would be happy?

[@Miqmark]

Sweet story

[@136760mas1]

I am crying. I just miss NY in the 70s. The best time ever.

[@williammorse8330]

yeah, there is a melancholy edge to it.... the music, the grainy quality of the film, the fact that you were there then, soon before, or soon after.... I like the dress and hair styles.... the phone booths and the dark yellow Manhattan street signs.... the Bronx wore blue.

[@BrentWilkins7777]

@@williammorse8330That’s right. I remember back then when each borough had their own color street signs: The Bronx had blue with white lettering, Queens had the opposite with white with blue lettering, Brooklyn had black with white lettering, and both Manhattan and Staten Island had yellow with black lettering.

[@yokolee5243]

No the 1950s were way better

[@robinben6799]

Me too!

[@twistoffate4791]

Moon River always makes me sad. In 1976, I was 11 years old. I miss my mom and dad, our house, my old neighborhood, and being a part of a family.

[@rubysparrow479]

Same and I was 12. I miss everyone and everything.

[@rowan6541]

I was 11 also! Great time to be brought up.

[@laurieleonard8209]

I’m your same age and l daily have good memories some not so good but hey no one gets a perfect childhood ❤

[@samanthab1923]

I’m a bit older but it’s never easy to look back at all we’ve lost. For me it’s my dad & two siblings. I sometime envy my mother. She’ll get to see them first 🙏🏻

[@thinkingallowed7042]

That opening scene from Breakfast at Tiffany's when Moon River starts up makes me ache for a place and a time before I was even born.. I'd give anything to be back in my family house, with my parents...my father died a few years back, my mother has gone AWOL from my life ever since. I know how you feel.

[@unclejoe7958]

1976 , simplicity, less stress, real people, more character, friendlier, optimism, more freedom, real conversations, respect and morals, better music.

[@rogerroger730]

More freedom? Lmao. NYC has been the most liberal city in the US since early XX century. Which morals? The ones which were stipulated 2000 years ago? You're hilarious asf.

[@lachlanandrews3596]

Absolutely agree!

[@SAMMYJR00777]

yup now shit storm smh

[@mm221163]

Dig the pants, man 😁

[@PointReflex]

Not so much, this was around the time when the city of New York was in such debt that the entire urban system was collapsing around it, so hard that the main TV network of the area had to come in and produce a special report called "our crumbling city" showcasing the devastating disaster that was New York.

[@tonyb0164]

That’s the New York I’ll never forget; dirty, grimy, and gritty but it was home. I was 12 when this was taken. Thanks for the walk down memory lane, much nostalgia,and some melancholy.

[@Priyanka77574]

Amen. It’s incredible city and some people just don’t get it.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes same here that's how I'll always remember it. It wasn't prefect and we didn't have the technology like today but we'll always have those great memories of yesterday. I miss them now more than ever before.

[@rosemarycardenas2756]

Yes beautiful time

[@jewelqueen5949]

I loved it!!!

[@Keys7]

Nothing like Christmas in NYC in the 70s and 80s. It was pure magic. I miss those days. People actually cared for one another then.

[@kimmurrell7971]

True

[@williammorse8330]

no me-phones...........

[@gerardfenn3988]

I can remember that it was the time that NYC would probably get snow every year. Nowadays I guess your lucky if there is a dusting. Nothing better than getting snowed in and being able to have a couple of days off from school.

[@Nortongroove]

Was there Christmas 1976, Manhattan was indeed magical🥲

[@riz-rq9wr]

90s as well I miss it so much I actually miss blizzards lol

[@Slimc74]

So many memories. Its tough seeing the towers. People born after 2001 can never really know how big a loss they are. A true wonder of the world. Love the music

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

It goes beyond the Twin Towers. That day, changed USA forever!

[@phuqyewe1671]

And to think they were only a few years old at the time of filming

[@markbrautigam2502]

The city wad real and heaven

[@GD-rd6ig]

@@markbrautigam2502Wasn’t it also bankrupt?

[@9852323]

Someone born in 2001 or 1998 wouldn’t remember it either so same to them.

[@berniecasey7592]

I was 9 yrs old then and it was a terrific time to be a kid in NYC - Life has changed so much today , I Miss those times.

[@nhny58]

I was 11 and both my mom and grandmom were alive. I miss those times too and I miss them.

[@MikeJ2023]

@@nhny58I was -11 years old so I cant really remember these days

[@bobgomez9481]

Plenty of BLM transgender vaccine and mask mandates in NYC from the Marxist Liberals though, right?

[@thealternativefactor6694]

I was 8 years old having just landed at JFK sometime in Dec 1976 from Africa. The first time seeing snow as the yellow checker cab drove my family from the airport to our apartment in the Bronx. It was surreal....

[@user-wh5ir4fo4r]

You look great for 57, sort of like Gary Sinise which, believe me, is a compliment.

[@punjabimundaUK]

I was 10 back then in England and we used to dream and wish to go to New York as we watched so many American tv programs like starsky and hutch, kojak, charlies angels.... what a time... its a lifetime away 😢

[@DWilliam1]

American made cars, the garment industry, phone booths, yellow cabs including checker, small stores. I miss it all. Guess my time is getting short. The NY you’re born into is not the one you die in.

[@krisean501]

D William well said brother

[@fnihp30]

This holds true for the world in general. I can say the same thing about Chicago.

[@kollusion1]

Same changes here in the UK.

[@DWilliam1]

fnihp30 of course, but since the video was about NY, I commented on that and since I’m from NY, I know my city. But yes. The World your born into is not the World you die in.

[@r.pres.4121]

D William It is like this in every major US city now and even all the suburbs. Everything has changed dramatically and not always for the better. Everyplace has become very expensive and only geared to a certain class of upwardly mobile folks.

[@raoul3016]

Hard to believe the world has changed so much. It's almost as if this footage is from another universe or something...

[@hectorlopez1069]

or another planet

[@TrueWisdom992]

Looks the same to me lol

[@TheVaughan5]

@@TrueWisdom992 It’s almost like another place. If you knew the city back then you would understand. Sure some areas are not that different to look at but the whole feel and atmosphere are entirely different. Bland is the best way to describe NYC now unfortunately.

[@emsbzrr8024]

@@TrueWisdom992 People are not the same. For the past 20 years the average IQ has dropped like a rock in the water. You can see it with all the brainless leftists / wokists everywhere.

[@truthadvocacy]

Almost the same, except for the cars and the way people dress. The invisible thing is the change in lifestyle, of course.

[@Eric-sn4qz]

I was 10 in 1977 in NYC. What a great time. Movies, food , toy shops etc. Priceless.

[@allykatt1849]

I was 4 years old in 1976. Born and raised in the Bronx, those were one of the happiest days. My mom and dad used to take us to the city/downtown almost every weekend. Some of the best hot dog spots. Miss the 80's as well. 😢❤

[@samanthab1923]

You’re a youngin. My dad grew up in the Bronx, Sedgwick Ave. over near the reservoir. He went to NYU. Moved us to NJ in 1963. We went into the city all the time. Circus & Ice Capades every year. Later the Nutcracker at Lincoln Ctr.

[@rachelk7555]

People often romanticize a time when they were growing up, emphasizing the good times and putting the not-so-good times in the back of their minds. If you would have asked older people in 1976 living in NYC they would have said how the city had changed for the worst and how great it was 40 years prior.

[@mistamycall]

Perfect observation!

[@Clarkthek]

And 40 years prior would have been right in the middle of the depression too.

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

ClarktheK I was about to say the same thing. If you go back far enough it would probably be opposite. “Damn this depression is so much worse than gun slinging for my life over a $2 debt. I’d rather take a 50/50 chance of living by the gun than being out of a job.”

[@AnnaLVajda]

Maybe things just get worse and worse.

[@remnantsabbath9850]

@@AnnaLVajda 2 Timothy 3:1-7,12&13 "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived." Matthew 24:12-14 " And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." The Christian bible (King James Version-KJV) tells us why the world will keep waxing worse and worse because men will keep rejecting God's truth and laws and rather embrace lies and sin. Those interesting in Correct Bible prophecy, not the secret rapture or 7 year tribulation but what is to come just before Christ 2nd coming. Check out the site below: www.remnantofGod.org ---presents of God ministry (can search engine the name and click the site) nicholaspogm.blog/ God Bless!!!

[@Cassiopea456]

My heart breaks over and over, we lost so much mostly the simplicity of just being humans with flaws and all! I love you NYC forever in my heart.

[@gerardfenn3988]

God Bless Mayor Koch!!!!

[@DaisyAnnabelle65]

I agree!

[@Mar-en6fe]

So true

[@pauldziejman]

I absolutely love those 70s era buildings. Something about that aesthetic is so comforting.

[@Tenshinome_]

My mom was 10 here lol…. I wasn’t even born until 1991. It’s just so incredible to see how life looked back then, especially for me since I am infatuated with the 70’s era. Thank you so much for sharing 💙

[@teortega93]

My mother was 13 back then, I was born in 1993.

[@FrancieIrish]

I was 12

[@anathewaxer8371]

I was also born in 91 and am obsessed with the 70s era! My parents tell me these stories of how nyc was and it sounds so lovely. I wish I could have experienced it

[@balznack]

This was the year my mother was born

[@mindset4797]

🥰

[@zaram131]

I’m nostalgic for a time I never knew. Can’t get enough of these old NY videos. If time travel was possible I’d do it in a heartbeat. Back when America was knit together by common morals and values and loved by her people.

[@quovadis5429]

Maybe so. But I remember one afternoon back in December of 1976... (cue the reverberating flashback music and the fog machine)...... A portly 50-something mini-hulk with a dangerous combover and rocking a repulsive pair of caca-brown suede platform shoes with 3-inch heels was clomping northward at a frenetic pace along the 5th Avenue sidewalk as I was walking northbound along the same sidewalk. Long story short: While the klutz barreled past me, his right heel landed like an industrial-strength trash compactor on my right big toe, breaking it. He disappeared around the corner, and I spent four hours in the ER with my crabby uncle. 1970s: ugly clothes on homely people on stilts as they disco-danced and coked themselves into oblivion. But it was still fun.

[@drscopeify]

Well there were both race riots in the 1970s and the anti war movement but NYC I think avoided a good deal of that at least Manhattan was. The golden age of NYC was for sure the 1990s that's when I was in NYC for the first time I think 1995 and it was magical for sure. I think NYC is still great today and it's future I think is really good as people get back from COVID and back to normality things have a way of getting back on track.

[@sw5114]

It’s called Anemoia. Nostalgia for a time you never knew or experienced.

[@Veldtian1]

@@quovadis5429 🤣That's nuts!

[@gerardfenn3988]

I also wish I was born earlier. I would have been proud to serve in WW2. That was an Awesome Generation. One of the best this country ever had.

[@rxlo1062]

Love seeing the old cars

[@sglatitude]

Rx Lo10 yep! Those are days when car still made of steel instead of cheap plastic and computer bugs that cannot last long.

[@petenielsen4119]

And we had to parallel park those big cars lol

[@lazertag720]

@@sglatitude you mean those unsafe death traps with shitty gas mileage.

[@B3burner]

Alex M >>> Oh go fuck yourself every which way til Tuesday, Alex. It’s called nostalgia, and if you don’t like it, go find the computer Prius KZbin channel with the rest of your Millennial miscreant generation!

[@B3burner]

Rx Lo 10 >>> You get no argument from me. I own 2 cars: A 2007 Honda Civic, and a 1970 Ford LTD. I’m retired and no longer commute, so guess which one sits in the driveway, and which one gets taken out of the garage almost everyday? You got it good buddy! The LTD gets the nod, because every time I get in it, I think to myself, “Ahhh.... now that’s a REAL car!”

[@abc-ni9uw]

I was born 10 years later but wow beautiful. Super 8mm PHENOMENAL quality

[@seppa6417]

Drove a cab in NYC from '73 to '84. They were the bad old days. The city was nearly bankrupt, crime was getting worse, a general lawlessness pervaded everywhere. It all changed with Giuliani being elected mayor and Bratton becoming police commissioner.

[@drscopeify]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Do you live in NYC today?

[@truthadvocacy]

"New York City’s elected officials have repeatedly made financial decisions that left the city with a debt burden of $204.4 billion." According to independent auditors. Virtuallly bankrupt, but kept afloat by borrowing; and NYC certainly didn't have that many drug addicts and homeless ( 1 in every 120) as it has now.😂😂

[@johnstutzman5520]

In ‘76 I was a N.Y.C. cabbie. Memories.

[@jamesfrench7299]

John Stutzman did you run into Travis Bickle? Yes it must have felt like an adventure every night back then. Sydney had a very vibrant night scene in that period too.

[@TheRoamer78]

John Stutzman you must have seen some shit. I grew up in NYC in the 80's it was a pure cesspool. NYC today is Disney land compared to then.

[@williamchadwick7948]

Mr. Stutzman, were you God's lonely man?

[@estebanquito545]

super cool! have you ever drove a peugeot 504? you can see a 504 in this film,

[@waterheaterservices]

Esteban Quito Typically very smooth riding French car. Citroen, Renault, all had reliability issues. Simca seemed better.

[@Niacaraboo]

My mother was pregnant with me Christmas 1976. I was born February 1977. Thank you for sharing this amazing film of NYC.

[@PrimordialChaos9]

Gets me a little emotional to see how drastically things have changed. This is the New York I remember growing up as a kid. When things were so simple.

[@jorger2020]

Incredible how, despite being in New York, life then went at a completely different pace, a time when a policeman didn't mind stopping and smiling for the camera, how different now when anyone gets suspicious if someone films this or that. A lost world truly

[@hdgboy]

In 1976 I was 19 years old and I had just chopped a couple of fingers off at my job. Such is life. On the plus side there were no SUV’s or cell phones yet. There was a sense of discovery checking out museums and libraries as there was no internet either. Ironic that I’m communicating this on the internet. But it’s not the same as getting out and doing the leg work myself. Those fond and not so fond memories fade a little more each day. Such is life.

[@oudaram1]

The telephone booth lines were a little annoying though. All in all, i'd trade today's ny for the 70's any day.

[@rubenramos8237]

God bless u sir with more life

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

Trump is down there somewhere lol

[@rockyllpiper3786]

😬

[@MrKobe33824]

@@bradford_shaun_murray 🤣

[@ChinatownTim]

NYC back then had grit and glamour, style and substance. There was no other city like it. Miss those days!

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

It still has grit, you just have to look for it. DO NOT BE FOOLED. The new mayor is just trying to make it, what it will never be. A Beverly Hills or something out of The Sound Of Music. It works an that is all that matters!

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

@kyfaydfsoab What year does that start?

[@alexmunch6118]

@@Pt0wN973b0iI 1981

[@DavidLopez-rk6em]

​@Pt0wN973b0iI It had grit because working class people could live there and try make their dreams happen. Now Manhattan is trendy and a lot of the working class have been priced out. Its also been turned into a sterilized vacation destination. Everything has to be kid friendly to make money

[@gerardfenn3988]

@@DavidLopez-rk6em I know what you mean. Moved out of NYC in '93 and then my Dads house in Clinton Hill was sold in 2013 and it was only with the sale of that house did I realize that the old neighborhood could never be the same. Like you said, the home prices of Brooklyn are not for the working man any more. I don't know what people do for a living to afford that area but it almost feels illegal.

[@christar9527]

Oh how I wish it was still 1976. That was one of the best years of my life.😢

[@ciaobella8963]

I was 28 in 1976 and I was living in the Lower East Side, NYC. I remember that Christmas, and the years I lived there with great fondness (1970 to 1990). I lived through the bankrupcy crisis of NYC, gas shortages, several garbage strikes, and a lot of changes in culture and so on, yet they were exciting and creative years for the most part. The younger people today don't realize that my generation is all around them and we didn't have computers, the internet or cellphones. And we were definitely happier because of it. As I am much older now, I can personally compare the tech years to those years before. People were nicer, kinder, friendlier, happier in the 60s and 70s. I know I am generalizing, but you get the point. And let me add that I have lived in many countries in my life, and wasn't born in NYC, but if I'm asked where's my home, I always reply Manhattan.

[@benefitsconsultingservices8718]

I was on the lower East side as well on that day lived on Ave D and 6th st by the FDR drive. The whole neighborhood lit up with Christmas lights. The Bodegas played Feliz Navidad we drank coquito until we couldn’t no more!! Great time

[@epuente3155]

Christmas 1976? I was 7 months old... hi thank you for this video.. brought me to tears. My folks loved the city so much. They were in their 40s then. My beloved mom passed away this year 2020. Its December 2020 and can't believe how it all went so so fast.time does fly especially as you get older. Thabks again and stay safe!

[@jeffmaclean7843]

Bless your Mom, my Mom passed away Jan 4 of 2020. It's been a real bad year with other things also. Wish I had a time machine to 76!

[@epuente3155]

@@jeffmaclean7843 me too brother, my mom passed away Feb.10th 2020. Let's get on that time machine..

[@myghkl]

I started as a freshman at NYU in the fall of '76. I lived at 8th between B and C. My apartment had a bathtub and toilet but no sink, so I washed dishes in the tub. Once, in class, a girl behind me said there was something stuck behind my ear. It was a piece of lettuce. McSorley's was very popular among the students, with their miniature beer bottles and lousy sandwiches. I ate a lot of perogies at a milk bar on Ave. B between 8th and 9th, I think. At that time, Mamoun was sitting on a stool behind the counter and taking 75 cents for a falafel. The Sex Pistols made their first appearance in the US at the Palladium that winter ('76-'77). I didn't have money for a ticket. It was one of Sid's first appearances on stage with the band. Someone was selling loose joints for a dollar on every block. I went occaisionally up to Riverside Church to hear William Coffin give a sermon. In the early hours of Thanksgiving that year, I went up to the Museum of Natural History and watched the Macy's Day balloons getting inflated. A little after midnight on Sunday mornings, a few of us would stand outside One Fifth Avenue, which was a restaurant where the original cast of Saturday Night Live had their cast parties.

[@freethinkerrr2897]

great story. I'm not from NYC, but I remember having a fling with a girl back in the 90s who had an apartment in Manhattan with a bathtub and no sink! how funny

[@perrycastellano7136]

Hey Michael! I was a Freshman at NYU in 1980, so somewhat similar feelings. I lived on 12th St between Ave A and 1st. My studio apartment was so small with a shallow ceiling that when I slept in my loft bed, I was so close to the ceiling that I felt I was in a coffin!! It was certainly grittier then. I was even mugged right outside my apartment after coming in from a long day of bicycle messenger work during the summer of 1983. Memories!!

[@myghkl]

@@perrycastellano7136 I was wondering if I'd connect with any of my contemporaries. Though a few years off, we were close enough, especially since the city didn't change much until Giuliani became mayor. A bunch of my friends at the time lived at the Weinstein dorm on University Place between 8th and Waverly. Thanks for your reply.

[@phronsiekeys]

I started at Parsons in Sep 76 and lived in the NYU dorm at 10th and Broadway. I moved there from a tiny town in South Carolina. My parents must have been out of their minds! Don't live there any more but still love the place.

[@rfilmprod9629]

I also started as a freshman at NYU that year! I was on 10th, between A&B! The go-to places to eat cheap were Leshko's on Ave.A, BiniBon, and BH Dairy, both on 2nd Ave. BH is still there, and looks as though it hasn't been cleaned since then,

[@Edward-jn5pl]

This was so lovingly filmed. Sending love to the person who filmed it and also to those who brought it to KZbin. Have been watching videos of NYC decade by decade. It's mind-boggling.

[@christophermahoney3196]

To think that was 47 years ago. Wow, how time has flown. I was 12 then. Good memories and times.

[@taryndancer29]

I was born in 1992 and watching this makes me “miss” the 70s. Seemed like a cool time. My dad was a child in the 70s and he told me he misses it.

[@NADI-MICAH777]

I KNOW WHAT YOUR TRYING TO SAY BUT TRUTHFULLY YOU CANT MISS ANYTHING YOU NEVER HAD. I GREW UP IN BROOKLYN IN THE 70S AND 80S AND CAN TELL YOU PICTURES, OLD VIDEOS ETC WILL NEVER DO JUSTICE. TO ACTUALLY BE ALIVE AND BREATHING EVERY DAY EVEN THE SMELLS IN THE AIR WAS SO DIFFERENT FROM TODAY! WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN THERE!

[@gato7908]

@@NADI-MICAH777 you're right about the smells. I remember smelling hot dogs and pretzels everywhere I went in Manhattan. I wonder what it smells like today? 🙄

[@jean3622]

Taryn I was born in 2000 and i love the 70s and 80s

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

America was more organic and even in a big city like New York people would talk to you. Its not like that now everyone is in their own world.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

@@gato7908 New York smells like bad body odor and stinky feet now. No I am not joking. Its gross.

[@m3trooper]

The simplicity of NYC back then was beautiful. And that music reminds me of the kind of music that would be playing in a little mom n' pop pharmacy when I was a little kid. 😁

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

The old people alive then did not care for the 70s. Especially if you look at their experiences in the 40s 50s and 60s.

[@kckgirl78]

A heartfelt thank you to the person who shot this film and to the person who’s sharing it on this channel. You’re making me weep with the best memories of a time in my life and in this world that’ll NEVER exist again. 🌹

[@baberoot1998]

As a hard core Beatles fan, I am aware that John Lennon lived in New York during this time, and when I watch videos of New York during this time...I always keep my eyes open, of people in the background, wandering around. You never know...John Lennon may just be walking by. RIP John Lennon. 1940-1980. Liverpool-New York.

[@songbird9978]

In 1980, I was a 17 yr. old senior in high school. My friend and I were artists and planned a trip from Pittsburgh Pa. to NYC, after graduation, June 1981. We were determined to see John Lennon on that trip. Well, we know how that turned out for dear John. We couldn't bring ourselves to take the trip in June 1981. I still have never been to NYC. RIP John Lennon

[@JCATG]

The cars alone could tell anyone that it was the 70s. Ah, what an amazing time in history. 👍🏼

[@hectorlopez1069]

Yellow cabs were all over NY. Now, you have Ubers, all over NY in 2022.

[@DJB635]

Real Cars!

[@marcbernicker206]

All made in the usa

[@PeruvianPotato]

​@@marcbernicker206Pretty sure there were already some Datsun's in stock by 1976

[@lindamaxwell830]

Wow, this brings back so many memories, when my mom and dad was still living.

[@dougthegreat1808]

Same here. I am sure you miss them as I do mine.....may they all rest in peace!

[@infoline100]

I was six years old in 76, the best time for a kid to grow up the 70s, and 80s. What a blast it was, never to be repeated again.

[@gregman1715]

I Was 9 In 1976 I Truly Miss Thoses Day's Gone By But Most Of All I Truly Miss My Family And Friends Who Have Passed On If I Could I Would Go Back In A Heart Beat Just Two Be With Them All Again ❤💔

[@Major_Tom98]

Although I was born in 1998, I find it fascinating to see what life was like before my time.

[@nemamodgeddi5338]

In 1998, '76 was 22 years ago. Today, '98 is 22 years ago. (I was born in 1987).

[@XX-gy7ue]

wow , to me 1998 is now , and 1976 ten minutes ago ! p.s. it was lovely !

[@bigjon18680]

Same here! Imagine how much more time we have to experience the city!

[@emitch9213]

Ha-was only yesterday in my mind before your time...

[@michaelmartone2877]

Imagine what life was like for my generation here in the city born before World War 2 ...remember radio & multiple local newspapers ? ,actually FM radio was big in 1976.

[@lisawilliams9504]

Is anyone watching in 2022? I'm loving this music and taking the road down memory lane. It's literally bringing tears to my eyes ❤🥰

[@Alison-oq1lo]

👍

[@MsBaby1959]

❤️👍🏻

[@Fascotch]

From Switzerland 👍🇨🇭

[@murphycreationsvideos]

Me too, then again I like nearly any music genre. I recognize the titles of some of the music played too as they have been covered many times by many artists.

[@rodolfotsang4327]

Me

[@bartonpercival3216]

Wow, I was a West Coast kid growing up in San Francisco, and always wanted to go to New York to see the Statue of Liberty and Yankee Stadium and Madison Square Garden. I made it there 10 years after this film was shot. I went in October of 1986, and boy oh boy was it an impressive trip. I stayed in Queens right near the tennis stadium. Got to climb the stairs to Liberty's crown, saw Shea Stadium and Yankee Stadium, and finally got to see the "Worlds most famous Arena" Madison Square Garden!!!!!!!! Loved my trip and stay in New York. Also enjoyed all the great pizza and Nathan's hot dogs too!!!!!!!!!!!! 👍🗽

[@jillconner5062]

Nice. I live just south of Philly my whole life. And have still never been!

[@bartonpercival3216]

@@jillconner5062 Yeah, ya gotta get there since your so close. I went to Philly to see some friends of mine in 1998. Went to the zoo there and had a Philly cheese steak. Enjoyed my time in Philly! 👍

[@Malin_Xo]

Awww my mom was 13, I always tell her she lived in the best times 😊

[@ducksick510]

Damn...I feel like crying.

[@phillipasalisbury7570]

Hi duck sick I saw your post if you feel like crying I happy to let you a shoulder to do so to make you feel better

[@twatpopper72]

@@phillipasalisbury7570 🤣🤣🤣

[@way2muchNFO]

It’s OK you’re awesome

[@danielmarinucci9342]

@Tommy Harris - you must be a young man, when your a bit older you'll look back on today and miss it.

[@Mr.Veridical]

@Tommy Harris because it's been invaded by marxists and non-whites.

[@thompintello]

This is one of my favorite videos of NYC. It’s probably because I was a young man when this footage was shot, about 21 years of age. It was an especially wonderful time of life for me and seeing this video really takes me back to it.

[@cdubj]

You're lucky, I'm turning 21 soon.. different ages, different generations, different years, but we both wound up on the same YT comment ..

[@thompintello]

Remember this time of your life. Savor it. It doesn’t go on forever and you can never get it back. In many ways I envy you. The era when one comes of age has a special aura to it that is like no other. I guess that’s what makes this video special for me, it allows me to escape into the past. My past. It was a wonderful place.

[@carmenpabon8839]

@@cdubj same age here! At the time, born & raised in NYC

[@gerardfenn3988]

@@carmenpabon8839 Same Here. Teenager in the 70's of Brooklyn

[@luckyotter623]

I was 18 at the time this was filmed. I remember this NYC well, and I miss it.

[@imilliemedina666]

I was 22 and living in the East Village. This is the New York I loved. Almost breaks my heart to watch this.

[@nbaoldgirl]

♥️♥️🤗

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

To this day, nothing tops Christmas in New York.

[@Mathin3D]

Nothing tops NYC at any time, period!

[@melofacertainage]

George Vreeland Hill MAGICAL!!!

[@Gfresh844]

@Huggy Bear Makes absolutely no sense...

[@ColtraneTaylor]

@Huggy Bear Why so?

[@YllaStar95970]

Christmas in Lapland, is a contender.

[@geoben1810]

I was born and raised in Queens N.Y. My father would take my brother and I to watch 1st run movies on 42nd St. in the 60's for like a couple of bucks ( carfare, TWO movies & candy included ) for the three of us and spend an afternoon watching the latest Bond or Eastwood flick plus cartoons! Sweet memories...💕 New Yawk, New Yawk, a city so nice they hadda name it twice! In 1976 I was a year from the end of my 4yrs in the U.S. Navy. 👍🏻💙🇺🇸

[@charlesbaldo]

Thanks for your service. Same here. CVA 59 FID ABE Rated.

[@geoben1810]

@@charlesbaldo NAS JAX FLA PATRON TWO FOUR (ASW SQAUDRON) NATO FORCES '73 >'77 PO3 Back at ya shipmate. ✌🏻🇺🇸

[@charlesbaldo]

George B I love your WWII Navy playlist. I finished at Mayport. Did you do the AFWTF IN 78?

[@geoben1810]

@@charlesbaldo Hey Charles, I don't know what AFTWF is. I did a couple of years of reserve duty afterwards. I wish I had reupped and requested sea duty aboard a destroyer or frigate. Would've, could've, should've. I made PO3 about 6 months before getting out. I mustered out from my home base in Jacksonville FL. I was scheduled for the PO2 exam the following spring. I was proud of earning my "crow" and I was confident I'd make PO2. If I could turn back time......✌🏻🇺🇸

[@charlesbaldo]

George B Hey George It was the Atlantic Fleet Training Weapons Facilitation. It was an exercise out of Mayport right after we got there. It was probably the reason we were reassigned there. It had another A7 related fire. (Nobody’s fault) two on the flight crew deck died and a bunch were injured. Forrestal earned the nickname Forrest Fire, I was doing Catapult at the time so my main duty was takeoff. I finished not too long after. I did well in life. I have been a software engineer (thanks to Navy paying college). Navy was an adventure that at times I wish I had made a career. Every time I shave I think I may be using the Forrestal scrap. 🙄 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍✌️

[@tracybland9886]

I remember this time so fondly as a kid.

[@robertbeining141]

It was like watching an episode of Taxi or Welcome Back Kotter with the 70's NY city sites.

[@MadMax0318]

Thank you for the memories, I grew up in NYC during the 70's and this was a wonderful time of the year to be in NY, I can still recall the smell of pine in the streets around my home since on almost every block they used to sell pine trees. I miss those days, the city had soul and a very very big heart.

[@christar9527]

Did they have the chestnuts roasting on the street corners back then?

[@bondwin7025]

The best Era ever, 70's and 80's. Music to fashion ,art.The MUDD CLUB AND CBGB .💔💔💔

[@stelian222]

@@bondwin7025 Now I understand why Tarantino was fascinated by that era, it was a brilliant period, I don't know if you believe me, but something similar happened in Eastern Europe in the 90s after we got rid of communism.

[@gregorycyr9272]

@@stelian222 Disco was alive.

[@JanuarieTimewalker13]

@@christar9527chestnuts we’re definitely roasting back then. I was 14 and I would be in the city twice a month for a health problem. Shish kabob was big too. Nothing like the Big Apple🍎❤️ Operation Sail was amazing too, that was for bicentennial. That year was a big city year for me, and then I worked there after college for years. Never a dull moment.

[@antoniomaranon3213]

new york in the 70’s was wonderful

[@abidababida7096]

I was 9 yrs old. 1976 was a great year. The Bicentennial celebration on the 4th of July, Led Zeppelin was still putting out great music and American cars were getting worse! No cellphones, laptops, tablets, gps. Great times

[@nicoleclementi1479]

I remember visiting my Uncles Disco in Manhattan in the 70s called The Inferno, he sadly passed away in 1980 but what memories we had. I love the video as it brings back so many memories.

[@maclac48]

I think about all the people that I love who were still alive when this footage was shot. Makes me kinda sad. I was two in 76. It's crazy how time changes so many things, & waits on no one.

[@EricJMontoya]

Amen

[@aranjuez4411]

Ditto here! :~( I was like about 15........ so many people that I love are no longer here, and so many things have drastically changed! :~( I saw so many places I remember, that do not even exist anymore! So sad.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Aranjuez44 that is sad losing love Ones in your life time

[@ANTHONY0808able]

@@Frankieefootballmundial Little did the person filming this know, 44 years ago, what gold this would be.

[@maclac48]

Angel mendoza God Speed, & good luck to U. 🙏🏿

[@pj123xyz]

All those beautiful big automobiles. I noticed the phone booths had no one using them. People walking around talking to each other.

[@jamesmack3314]

Fancy that..talking to people,God forbid even strangers!!

[@maureen669]

PJ, our phone booths were for Superman.

[@RANS87IROCZ]

This would be my 1st Christmas ever in this world

[@idaho4586]

I want to jump inside the video and just walk around to look at all of the awesome cars and feel that grimey 70s new york and if not new york, new jersey just to meet young version of those charming folks I know maybe even meet my great grandmother I was too young to even remember.

[@georgehenry76]

My birth year “looks like a hundred years ago”..according to my 5 year old. When I watch this, I feel a kind of a sad nostalgia. Like I’m looking at it from a post apocalyptic point of view.

[@WhyAreTheyOverHere]

close to it.

[@damonstracener]

Bicentennial baby here too. The 80's feel like home, but this video is a strange reminder of our life as toddlers. Does seem light years away.

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

Same

[@erikakathleen509]

We miss you and love you. 💜 Love Always, A Citizen of New York

[@albertoalmeida3424]

BRUTALISM architecture with christmas songs.

[@MissFeline]

I was one in 1976 growing up over the water in the uk, I love watching stuff from the 70s👌😃

[@cannong1728]

I was there for Thanksgiving 1976...spent a week in Manhattan for a high school band trip...so much fun.

[@christophervivestrumpet7565]

wow I hope the band trip was fun in those years in band when Maynard Ferguson was the trumpet king and when my parents were little and my grandma and great grand parents were all alive, My grandpa still lives and tells me a lot of good things and only being his only grandson. I wish I had my band Trip this year to California's great america this year but was cancelled including the rest of my Senior year and graduation thanks to this stupid virus. kids my age we never had it easy since my class was born in the early 2000s when America changed forever . I wish I could had enjoyed my final year and had an official last day in high school and gotten a proper ceremony but was all taken away from us.

[@analogkid4957]

@@christophervivestrumpet7565 I was 9 in 1976 and remember visiting Manhattan ( I grew up in the suburbs on Long Island) during 1976. It was a very special time indeed. The 1970’s were my childhood and it was colorful. I feel for your generation who are in school now and COVID has cancelled proms, trips, and graduations etc . That’s not a small loss given those events are part of people’s childhood and landmarks. I pray for your generations happiness and prosperity. Best wishes 🙏and happy holidays

[@christophervivestrumpet7565]

@@analogkid4957 I bet the 70s where great and thank you so much it means a lot to me it honestly has been a very hard year and stay safe as well because COVID is out of control and I pray for this to end soon and hopefully next year would be better and whenever you like check my KZbin channel to see my latest video and hope u like it Thanks and god bless you.

[@ugaais]

Born in ‘70 I remember my Grandmother had. ‘76 Cordova...black Ob black what a boat but the seats were great

[@cannong1728]

@@christophervivestrumpet7565 Hang in there buddy....it'll get better. Thanks for your thoughtful comments. God bless... !

[@Chewie316]

I was 10 years old in '76. If only I could build a time machine.

[@saeedurrahman2056]

You are now 53/54

[@honeyrose7663]

You're 2 years younger than my parents and i came on the last year of the 80s.

[@bergydermeister5616]

Same here 11.

[@raineyj560]

I was 12 and didn't go into the city from the Bronx until I ran away because I lost our Con Edison $$$ & went to Times Square and called my grandmother to come get me.

[@Julia-LetsPlays]

I am german. I was 11 in 1976. I have never been in NY or US. But this video shows me the NY I saw (and still see) it in old movies. If only a fairy would give me one wish to travel to a place AND TIME, I think I would choose NY in the 70th. sorry for my weak english.

[@Zimmerframerate]

Please please please keep the restorers hands OFF this video. It's wonderful as it is. It does NOT NEED YOUR RUINOUS TECHNIQUE. This is a gem. ❤

[@Toboldlygo721]

I was in Europe in the summer of 76 and I spent Christmas of 76 in Queens New York turned 19 years old ❤️‍🔥💖

[@nostalgicsoul76]

No people walking around like zombies and staring at cell phone screens. Wish we could go back to that.

[@thesickrobot6924]

I wouldn't wanna live in 1970s new york

[@JenniferJones-bo1rx]

Amen to that

[@CJ-jq4lv]

we tend to look on the past with great nostalgia, but there were problems then just as there are now, but still it is wonderful to see the city as it was in the 70's. Thank you.

[@akeelahtf9845]

True...I wonder how life was like for African Americans and People Of Color in this era in this city. Did they have a good life?

[@theone2be33]

So what problems were there?

[@basitk12]

I rather take those problems as long as diners were 24 hours and people knew their sexual orientation. Now it’s a 3rd world country high pitch liberals talking hellhole. No character- I work in nyc everyday and was raised in Bensonhurst before it became Chinatown or el hodorus

[@thamnosma]

That's kind of a "duh"....of course there were "problems". Missing the point entirely. Manhattan was a lively place of very mixed interests, commerce, income levels, all living together. The artists, dancers, budding filmmakers, choreographers, all dispersed to various boroughs since Manhattan was suburbanized by the oligarchs. It's soulless now.

[@TheRichie213]

@C caymer Technology is what killed the old world we all dream about. There were always illegal immigrants in NYC.

[@pherdeenand2855]

Я в те последние декабрьские дни участвовал в первенстве района по хоккею с шайбой на призы клуба "Золотая шайба". Мы победили в районе и затем в январе 1977-го года выиграли зональный турнир севера нашей области. Потом в январе победили в областном финале и поехали на поезде на республиканский финал. И там среди 18-и команд мы неожиданно заняли 5-е место. Это была настоящая сенсация. Простые дворовые мальчишки стали героями)).

[@edwincancelii2917]

Not only I love those films; I also love the music. Beautiful, sentimental and jazzy.

[@rachelk7555]

Jazzy? It’s elevator muzak.

[@dwilloughby13]

Thank you so much, I'm a native NewYorker who moved away, this made me very home sick, I would Like to remember NYC like this to be honest, thanks again

[@pocu321]

That Rocky and King Kong playing at the theatre did it for me....

[@oldhaws8009]

Watching these videos is like stepping inside a real time machine!

[@hectorlopez1069]

exactly, that is correct.

[@MrBaskins2010]

Why did KZbin put this in my recommended? I had no intention of crying today. I’m delighted but also pissed at this algorithm

[@thomasbryant6512]

This video shows the grit and rawness that was the New York of the 70s. A walk along 42nd Street from 8th to 5th Avenues was life-risking endeavour.

[@mssusie47]

I was 13. Living in Orlando, FL. How I miss that time with my Momma and sisters. But I love my life now to with a loving husband and God in my life. God bless everyone.

[@borkogb]

If I had a time machine.....

[@drlock978]

Every one wants one.....

[@Baritone45]

You do. It's called KZbin.

[@kidmack1121]

@sickpuppy4711 I think you should visit a college campus, and you will surely see the "raiders" of thrift shops wearing 70's schlock, looking more like costume party goers than history buffs, due no doubt to popular film makers like Tarantino, and Lynch. We never wore that stuff, that's why it ends up in second hand. Don't believe me? Watch some of the vintage NFL games here on YT, and when the cameras pan the stands, you won't see those stereotypical getups. TV series such as James At 15-16, with Lance Kerwin is a good source for accuracy. Lots of filming on location. Lou Grant with Ed Asner also. That will give you scenes in two different regions, Boston and Los Angeles, from two different age groups. That funky looking stuff they use on That Seventies Show, and MTV ads, was sold in small boutiques by off the grid designers.

[@willr.5583]

@Cuck ButtFurd Nah, a fridge. ^^

[@amightysailingman]

It's a nice thought, but I think we all have to admit we wouldn't stay in the 70s permanently, no matter how much we like the idea. You'd have no Internet. No Google, so if you need to find out something, go to the library, hope you can find a good book and it's not too out of date. No KZbin, DVDs or Blu-rays. Probably not even a VCR unless your family was rich. Watch movies and shows on TV when the networks and stations dictate, and if you miss it, you'd have to wait for a rerun, if there is one.

[@KrypticChambers]

Take me back, We live in crazy times...2020

[@luca4mvp]

and how would that be possible? I would like it to be the same but in order to I would need to build a time machine, and cause something in time.

[@mizzmary861]

Ode to the days when you could walk into a Dept. Store and do your Christmas shopping without breaking the bank, carols playing on the radio, towns lit with beautiful decorations*sigh* I miss it. We live in a screwed up era where you can't even get a Merry Christmas from a cashier for fear of someone being offended. The 70s & 80s were LIFE. Thank you for sharing!

[@brendadrew834]

Thanks for the great memories! Went to university and fashion school in NYC and worked there as a fashion illustrator in the late 1960s and early 1970s and lived on the Upper East Side! By 1976 I was married, living in the suburbs and my oldest first born daughter, one of three girls was born in 1976, the Bicentennial year since 1776. Miss my old stomping ground! Have always loved the iconic Chrysler building a fabulous example of Art Deco architecture! And so thankful that the late beautiful inside and out Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was instrumental in saving the equally iconic gorgeous Grand Central Station! We must all try and preserve the great beauty of the past of old New York if and when we can! Once we take a wrecking ball to the great old buildings, they're gone forever and we can't get them back! I wonder how many remember that before the gorgeous Beaux Arts building The New York Public Library that always has Christmas wreaths around the necks of those famous statues of lions there was the massively huge Croton Resevoir that looked like a looming Egyptian temple! I brought the water down from upstate NY into the city and it had a walking promenade around the perimeter where it's said that the late great poet and America's first short story writer Edgar Allan Poe used to walk! There are great old photos of that on Google Images and Dover publication has great books of old photos of old NYC, from the 19th century , the 1920s and 30s etc. Once you see those photos of the Croton Resevoir Egyptian temple it will haunt you! Today, the library and beautiful Bryant Park would have been under water in the 19th century! You can still see some of the foundation of the temple in the basement of the library that they've preserved! Support the National Preservation organization in Washington D.C. to get buildings preserved on the National Registry before we lose even more!

[@raymuniz113]

What a great video. This is the Manhattan of my teens and the one I will always remember and love.

[@kimmurrell7971]

Me to.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

70s was not an easy time but people were much more optimistic.

[@cryoelintec]

This brings back good memories, I was living there in the '70s. NYC now has nothing to do with the spirit of these days. Thanks for sharing this movie.

[@rubysparrow479]

I was twelve years old that year and I remember going to Rockefeller Center with my sister's to ice skate. Cold, but lovely and the hot chocolate was so good. I miss the hotdogs with onion sauce and sauerkraut, I loved the warm pretzels with spicy mustard, yum. I miss saying Merry Christmas to people as we passed each other. I now live on a farm far from where I grew up in Brooklyn, but I remember Knickerbocker Avenue, and my school P.S. 123. I remember us buying a tree at the church parking lot and carrying it home and we all made our own decorations, ( we love crafts to this day.) My family all lived nearby so it was never ending Italian / Sicilian food fest always served hot and with a smile. I remember Christmas Eve and church services at midnight. I remember the smells of vanilla, cinnamon, roasted nuts, and home meant family. Nana, Popo, Aunts, Uncles, and let's not forget siblings, & cousins all over the place, lol. We all went to Times Square on New Years Eve in 1975, 76, and 77. Loud, exciting, terribly cold, oh but what fun we had. I took my son back to where I grew up when he was twelve at Christmas so he could experience my memories with our family. My son loved most of the time there except for how the water pipes whistled, lol. Most of my family are now resting in St Charles Cemetery and how I miss them. Even when everything wasn't going well you had people you loved and who loved you always there for each other. Christmas is the time of year when my memories of us all together made me feel joy in knowing no matter the years, distance, or time apart when we came together we will always be family and to me that means everything. Thank you for taking me back, such a wonderful gift you shared. Namaste and blessings everyone.

[@nyrmike9841]

Awesome footage. I was a junior in high school on that day. Thanks for sharing.

[@davidpoynter6546]

I think in 1976 at the age of 16, you start making decisions in life that would play out your entire life. I sit here today heading into my sixties and can say I would have made different choices knowing where we as a country headed, off loading our manufacturing jobs overseas and increasing in other areas. But, you never know, it’s always the roll of the dice in life, I wish those just starting a better chance than I got.

[@robertblount1377]

David, with a solid progressive agenda at that time, everybody would have had better chance.

[@calvinrobinson1603]

I was 15 years old living in Brooklyn.

[@katesleuth1156]

Robert Blount There is a larger division between the wealthy and the middle class today. The wealthy keep getting richer. Republicanism.

[@pmag3200]

@@katesleuth1156 man it's just not Republicans is Democrats as well come on don't be foolish

[@matthewstokes1608]

It iis BOTH Dems and Republicans together - a smug little few - who got rich and stay rich by selling our working class countrymen into servitude and poverty for a globalist vision. We are nothing to these people. And then comes Trump and the fight back... You either get it or you don’t.

[@joesola6445]

Those were beautiful days not coming back anymore, even families are not the same.

[@sonicimperium]

Now you know what 40 - 50 years of Critical Theory does to a society. It's more important to have parades where men strut around in ass-less chaps and obese, shaved-headed women wear spiked dog collars than to honor mothers and fathers trying to raise their children to not become dependent freaks.

[@peopleskarmasquad1042]

Kevin T Shame how we devolved😢

[@johnbriancatedrilla4028]

@@peopleskarmasquad1042 we may never know if we keep devolving for the next 100 years i would be probably dead

[@daystar4909]

@@sonicimperium Facts! Real recognizes real bro!

[@fgt2078]

Liberal policies and greedy politicians caused the downfall of society