New York City 1997

[@bradowen761]

I'm in my late 40s and remember 1997 NYC well. The scary thing is that, while it was indeed a long time ago, it really doesn't seem like it at all. Life goes by so crazy fast. Those of you in your early 20s reading this, savor every moment. Don't waste even a day if you can help it. Especially while you're still young. Make your life meaningful at every opportunity and you'll have few regrets.

[@Super122291]

Ok. Bradley

[@unclekonrad]

thanks brad

[@Justfillintheblank]

@@Super122291 Guy's got a point, and you're probably someone who needs to hear that given how negative you are lol.

[@kaimixedboi]

Yes indeed. Thanks, Brad.

[@sunshine8495]

..and you're still young

[@zngxo3983]

The 90s was when modernity and traditionality were at equilibrium. Should’ve stayed that way. The 2000s opened a Pandora’s box and exclusiveness was lost.

[@BluffCreekStudio]

amen!

[@feliciaboston6365]

Exclusiveness? And what are you saying ? That you want technology to stay in the 90s?

[@37thousand]

@@feliciaboston6365 😂😂 right . Because there was someone in the 90s saying the same shit about how things were too modern and technology should’ve stayed 70s and analog

[@moonlightj0y]

Well nothing ever stays the same. That's life, get over it!

[@grungetea]

Indeed.

[@sitnstill4now]

Who would've ever thought that someone's personal unedited video would become so priceless?!

[@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg]

I'm 45 and have lived in NYC my entire life. I remember this era of Manhattan very well. It was a golden age for the city -- low crime, great economy, great energy, great nightlife, tons of opportunity. It's like it was yesterday for me. In fact, if I woke up tomorrow morning and walked outside into a time warp back to 1997, it wouldn't even phase me. I'd just go about my business as I would have any other day as if it were totally normal. I'd quickly forget about everything that's happened since and just assume it was all a really weird dream.

[@edgar6628]

And the world trade centres was still standing.

[@josefnitervol6415]

Feel the same way.

[@ramencurry6672]

Totally agree. 90s = amazing…..However NYC is still good. Have you been to St. Louis, Memphis, Midwest and Southern cities like Birmingham, etc? Many of those cities out there are ghost towns with empty downtowns and almost no pedestrians. At least NYC is still busy and occupied and has not turned into a ghost town like many cities in America that used to be busy

[@DanRichter]

I'm a 45-year-old New Yorker, steeped in the vibrant tapestry that is Manhattan's history. Ah, the late '90s-a golden epoch for the city that never sleeps. Low crime, electrifying energy, a booming economy, and a nightlife that could seduce even the most introverted among us. The air was thick with endless opportunities; it was a time when dreams weren't just visions, but attainable realities. Let me tell you, for me, those days are far from a distant memory. They're as vivid as the neon lights of Times Square. Imagine waking up tomorrow, stepping outside, and finding yourself caught in a time warp-suddenly it's 1997 all over again. You'd be startled, disoriented, maybe even terrified, right? Not me. I'd simply shrug it off and continue my day as if I'd just experienced a bizarre yet oddly satisfying glitch in the matrix. Everything that's unfolded in the years since would fade into the periphery of my consciousness, as if it were all just remnants of a dream too strange to be true. And why? Because those days weren't just a phase or a fleeting moment. They were the fabric of my existence, woven so tightly into my being that reverting to them would feel like coming home. Ah, the sheer nostalgia of it all.

[@BrownsvilleBaby_Est]

@@ramencurry6672 what you know about the dirty south??😁😁😁😁I have family in the Bamas cities like Tuskegee, Auburn,Opelika, Loachapoka,

[@psychokinesis878]

90s was unbelievable, the holidays, the music, even the quality of fast food couldn't be beat..watching this took me back...but when the video ended and I looked out my window I just died inside knowing it'll never be the same. Yall just had to be there...

[@feliciaboston6365]

I never want to be there. The technology sucked

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

@@feliciaboston6365 imagine a time where the technology of now and the ambiance of the '90s coexisted that'd be awesome

[@psychokinesis878]

@@feliciaboston6365 There were so many other things including what I listed that was better than technology in those days. Technology is great but isn't everything when you think about

[@kc4208]

Truth.

[@kc4208]

@@feliciaboston6365 yeah ... i think it seemed cool to most of us until it overwhelmed everything. Now we look back, having been on both sides of it, and we can rightly testify that what we gained on this side of it was not worth what we lost on that side of it. You will never understand and i think that is something many in my generation are starting to deeply regret.

[@destrukshawn]

The 90's were a wonderful time to be alive!

[@germanchris4440]

It was already the beginning of the decline. Now it's the beginning of the end. Worldwide, of course.

[@SmokyOle]

@@germanchris4440 The beginning of the decline was 2008. Now we are in a free fall.

[@BluffCreekStudio]

@@germanchris4440 we had the best music, the best dance scene, a wonderful protective govt and strong leaders. wouldn't you want bill clinton and george pataki back in their prime to fix today's problems?

[@uneedtherapy42]

Man you have NO IDEA how accurate this comment is. The 90s had it all and was just phenomenal

[@sunshine8495]

@@BluffCreekStudio not late 90's but the early 90's seemed to be better

[@beepst]

The thing I love about 90's is how it looks modern yet vintage at the same time. We don't appreciate that until it's gone.

[@saintgeorgefloyd9488]

in the future kids will ask about the 2020's and you will tell them you were busy looking at videos of the 90s. just enjoy the times, the 90's wasn't even that good, it was an ignorant time of bigger is better and consumer waste plus casual racism

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

@@saintgeorgefloyd9488 not true because cause this decade sucks so far

[@saintgeorgefloyd9488]

@@Frankieefootballmundial i was in nyc in the 90s it was mayhem, every night you could hear gunshots, the murder rate was double what it is today, the only good thing was the music, rip tuplac and boogie

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

@@saintgeorgefloyd9488 that was in the early 90s when Giuliani became mayor in 93 crime went down in nyc even when Bloomberg took office despite there was stop and frisk. The reason I say this decade sucks so far cause of covid shut everything down and here was the epicenter of the virus in March of 2020 people moved out from nyc to live in Florida and we still , have to deal with the varient. Also the pandemic more people are using zoom

[@robertnussberger2028]

It looks pretty industrialized. Atleast to me, it does.

[@krosfyah4932]

I first visited NYC in my early 20s in 1998, moved here in 2012 and been here ever since. You can’t imagine how much more of a fun place the city was without influencers and attention seekers in the wild everywhere, and where we had no phones or tech to distract away from life. The city was still affordable and rich with opportunity. I’d take those years back in a heartbeat over the rich kid playground this place has become now

[@vtech920]

When the World was a better place, no social media, tik tok and cell phones. Just a happier time.

[@LifeOhLife1981]

We had mobile phones back then. But they were used only for making calls or text messages. They were not mimi computers in our pockets

[@pl565ter]

Social media algorithms owned by billionaires weren't dividing and polarizing society

[@Elevatorelectricgate]

No discord either.

[@mosywilliams8458]

When people were more acclimated with the real world and not an individual's online profile

[@dimitarmargaritov]

I dont mind them, it is all about how you use it. If it wasnt for these things we wouldnt be able to see these videos.

[@djmutt2000]

"You will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory" - Dr Seuss

[@izzetoubari9799]

❤❤❤❤

[@anthonypaulnoble]

@@izzetoubari9799 perfect

[@kc4208]

My oldest brother, who fought in active battle in the first gulf war ended his own life in 1997. The latter half of that year and for most of 1998 was a bust for me. That was tough. My other brother, who i was very close to after losing our oldest brother, he served as part of the air force in the war following 9/11 and remained in the reserves doing coding (? he wasnt allowed to talk about it) up until he too ended his own life on june 16, 2015. My heart still has not recovered. RIP William And Robert. 💔 The boats are BEAUTIFUL.

[@BETH..._...]

😔 ... such devastating losses.

[@evlmnky33]

So sorry to read this, live everyday for them.

[@cobaltmidnightoilamp6748]

K C, I am so sorry 😞 to read about your double l😢ss. I am sure you found someone else to be close with.

[@blackdonaldtrump3869]

Devastating. They are not in pain anymore though.

[@maryanncarroll137]

sympathy

[@numan2985]

1997 was spot on the best year of the 90s. When 1997 came everybody knew what the 90s were about.

[@therealwilfreddierkes9980]

Lettme guess, you were a teenager then?

[@earth7551]

@@therealwilfreddierkes9980 Let me guess u weren't born yet ?

[@bkohler89]

I personally would say 1995 and 1996 where the best but who am i to say that, i was only 6-7 at the time lol

[@numan2985]

@@bkohler89 1997 was the best.

[@tavius88]

@@bkohler89 same lol

[@Revelation13-8]

Whoever grew up from 1980 to 1999 and was able to experience it, u was blessed.

[@enderesssam2616]

Bless were those of us who enjoyed the NYC of the 60s thru 90s. What a time we had. Left 2006 too many loons

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

Its official death was March 2020. The lockdowns officially killed whatever was left. Now its just masks zombies and vax passport communists.

[@horselover7744]

@@JesusChrist2000BC there is still normal humans don't worry (no masks and vax)

[@LonzCantiLife]

was born in 91 but def wish I was born in 81 sometimes so I could have experienced the 90s as a teen.. but the early 2000s was also great to be a teen in NY lol

[@InvestBetter.]

Yes, I am.

[@Bloombaby99]

No technology or chaos in sight. Just everyone living in the moment. How serene, how beautiful, how far away, a distant memory....

[@thatkat31]

This video is so pure and serene. Enjoying landmarks that won't always be there. Not knowing what the future holds. No narrating, no begs for likes and subscribes, nothing fancy for Social Media.Just being in the moment.

[@dr.fillme7450]

It’s so different not to see people always looking down at cell phones like you’d see today. 90s where a very different time.

[@Super122291]

I need my phone. Dad

[@SocialistView]

You couldn't beat NY in the mid 90's especially as a Brit with Concorde and the cost of living in Manhattan in the 90's was so cheap!

[@visionist7]

Cruise out there on the QE2, fly back on Concorde. *sigh* I never got to try it.

[@unitedcity_mc4421]

The 90s were lit!!

[@Gorilla_Jones]

I'd say 87 was better but you didn't have the creature comforts of some of the things that had arrived by 97. Hard to beat the 80s, it was such an exciting time and I had a blast.

[@howdareyou5800]

nah bro, from a neutral country, I think that england has the cache only, in new york were was the money was controlled... my wwwwwhhhhhiiiaaaaattttÉ

[@bubz4196]

nah nyc in the 90's was still more expensive than anywhere else

[@mitch19872]

1970-1999 were the best times ever. I feel sorry for the kids growing up now.

[@mitch19872]

@MimiBabe I was a kid in the 70s and teen in the 80s and there was so much to do and see. And the future always seemed like it would be even more awesome. Sadly it has turned out to be a huge disappointment. The only good thing in the last 20 years is the internet and I use it mostly to relive the past. 12 year old me would be disappointed in the 2020s lol.

[@pwnsy584]

i was born in 97 also i feel like i was born at a great time

[@NLS_7]

Was born in 1991, had an amazing childhood. The world is heading to ashes because we are letting it to happen. Psychopaths and dirty minds got too comfortable destroying everything.

[@Skyhun02]

i was born in 1996 and you‘re absoluteley right!

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Born in 92 I disagree respectfully, it was good till 2008. I loved the 2000's but once you get to 2008 it's the prototype for what the 2010's and onwards would be.

[@bourani516]

I lived in New York from 93' to 15'. Things were much different in the 90's. Rollerblading was big back then. Beepers. No smartphones. I remember all the shoe stores on 8th Street in the Village. You could find any shoe possible. All gone now. All the antique stores on Bleecker Street closed too. Pearl Paint on Canal Street is no longer there. (All the artists went there). I remember the small, independent book stores and record shops down tiny, little streets you never heard of. None of those exist anymore. You could actually afford the rent back in the mid 90's. Forget it now. So many small, amazing restaurants I went to. Chinese, Indian, Thai. None of those exist now. So sad. But I will say it was the best years of my life.

[@MyLife_in_aNutshell]

And honestly, the original buildings of the World trade center.. including the building 7, the actual Freedom Tower and new building 7 SUCKS A LOT.

[@echtigren8188]

@@MyLife_in_aNutshell I've never been to NYC. Why does everyone hate the new Freedom tower

[@PeepGamePopoff]

We were lucky to be around for that stuff 🙏

[@rknine7998]

So true. I remember my mom used to pay very low rent for the whole entire apartment in a very good neighborhood. Now you can only afford a room sharing with other strangers. Please read my comment.

[@MHammonds18]

People still rollerblade in that area lol

[@mtw251]

This is the type of video of the old WTC I've been trying to find forever (street level, West Side Highway). Thanks for uploading it.

[@kwbalance108]

I may have some I recorded as a kid. I used to go to 3WTC very often up until 2001 (obviously, but I had an event that year that I ended up not going to early September). If I can find it, i'll upload it.

[@FGVideosFeliciaGriffin]

1997 Back when WTC were standing tall Surge soda hit the market Internet became popular

[@unitedcity_mc4421]

There was no internet in 1997

[@bjacobsen927]

United City_mc yes there was

[@kirillassasin]

United City_mc maybe Internet wasn’t a big deal back then, but it was already for a while, back then it was used mostly by businessman it was very expensive and pretty slow, today everyone can use it without limits.

[@numan2985]

Woaaah, the good days when everything was still very dreamy and optmistic

[@terrrell7798]

@Zsolt S. internet got more big in 1999/2000 especially with the introduction of AOL and online gaming like 2am games.

[@BobbyT.]

It pains me that I never get to see the original World Trade Center. I was only about a month old on 9/11. I can only imagine the sight have 2 buildings side by side of the magnitude, truly something spectacular to see. I’ve always been fascinated with the towers just the presence they had over Manhattan I’m sure was incredible to witness. Thanks for posting, horrible that those two buildings had such a horrible ending, and that so many lives were lost that day. Those who died that day and the towers will never be forgotten.

[@janetplanet4595]

I got to go to the observation deck when I was young and Ironically I got an airplane as a souvenir cuz I asked if airplanes fly below us

[@adamdemirs3466]

i was on it exactly a month before it fell on my 16th birthday. Doesn't seem that long ago. I have pictures that look like they could have came from this video.

[@babyshaya]

I grew up in the area. The sidewalks were more impressive than the building itself. It was a sight to behold. When I was a kid I'd skateboard the smooth tan sidewalks. Back then city hall was dead on the weekends. The were no tourists, no workers and only a few retail businesses open such as Herman's, modells and a few pizza shops. We would scream " MORTAL COMBAT ! " On wall Street just to hear our voices echo thru the canyon of buildings. The early 80s were an amazing time to grow up in NYC

[@jasonpalacios1363]

I was born and raised on LIC,Queens and when I looked outside the window,I use to see the WTC and it was a sight to see especially when LIC is right next door to Manhattan.

[@TM-vq1bf]

Me and my girlfriend drove to New York out of the blue in august 2001. Walked around aimlessly for an hour or two and came to the foot of the wtc. Looked up and we were just like “holy shit”. They were massive and cool. Then we walked back to the car and left . August 2001.

[@Gendos_Iz_Tallina]

Я не был Нью-Йорке ни разу, но даже глядя со стороны как-то невольно возникает ощущение, что в девяностые годы там было лучше, спокойнее, нежели сейчас. Конечно не бывает абсолютного и вечного счастья. Всё течёт, всё меняется. Главное, как мне кажется - люди должны оставаться людьми, как бы тяжело не было. Всем мира и счастья )))

[@Justfillintheblank]

I was born in 1997, though I hardly remember what it was like to experience the iconic NYC skyline of the 90s. Everything seems so calm, and peaceful, compared to today (2022 for anyone that reads this in the future). I wish I could go back...I really do.

[@nickhorn8296]

i mean you were 2 when the 2000s hit so i dont blame you

[@poisoninmyiv]

Seeing the view from the top of the twin towers made me tear up.... just thinking about 9/11 and all the people trapped up there who were looking down on the seemingly quiet city in horror while the entire city looked up at them in horror. And there was nothing anybody could do. Absolutely horrific.

[@smartypants4571]

And we know who really was behind it ( the American Government and the Rothschild family ). ! 🤫🤐😪

[@omgorangelollipop8184]

And brave firefighters n paramedics who ran into a burning building to try to save others. a massacre.

[@EastCoastGal66]

Rest In Peace all those people of different cultures and beliefs left this earth hopefully to a new home. 🙏✝️❤️

[@christophertrujillo719]

23:15 ohh shit that’s my block. Amazing how it all looked different back then and I still live there today. That BMW building unfortunately is no longer there and was demolished last year. It’s currently being replaced by luxury condominiums 🤦‍♂️ Also it’s no longer a two way path traffic on 11av now that it was recently changed to a one way traffic heading south ⬇️

[@Christopher070]

I watch a lot of old videos of street scenes from 100 years ago and it's crazy to see one of 1997 and feel the same kind of nostalgia as those really old ones. 1997 just doesn't feel THAT far away to me because I lived it, but when you do the math it actually is. I'm sure one day people will look back on 2021 street scenes and feel nostalgia too.

[@quadirbrown3800]

I agree, 1997 really doesn't seem that long ago it wasn't. I too remember NYC in 97 and even 87. Weird how you don't truly appreciate something till it's gone.

[@silvrx-pz3ce]

I want to see videos from 100 years from now dammit!!!

[@numan2985]

1997 feels like it was just yesterday, but at the same time it feels like a lifetime ago.

[@a7xSkateboarding]

Until you stop and think about everything that happened inbetween

[@professional.commentator]

I doubt anyone would feel nostalgia for such a cursed era like Covid, Russia-Ukraine war, inflation, and a whole bunch of other things.

[@huangsharon4638]

Thank you! 1997 is a special year for me. That was first time I came to NYC from NC, I was driving 10 hours to here to meet my parent , A sweet memory!

[@JonnyShemzBlacklighter]

Lived here. 1993 to 2003. Left broken hearted and lost. Wouldn't have changed a thing. Thank you NYC

[@henkjopie]

Very nice how “slow” life was back then. No smartphones. People were more relaxed. Also like how much time these home videos took instead of all those short clips right now. Remember it from my dad, all the time making home videos on holiday

[@numan2985]

Honestly it was a much better time. What makes me sad is that i know a time like that will never return in our lives. One can only pretend it is the 90s, but can never live in that time again.

[@iiCounted-op5jx]

I wish I could experience these times

[@abdulahmed1680]

Great video! Crazy how 20 years fly by so fast

[@EmberwolfXR]

24 years now...going on 25...

[@johndough2328]

That’s what happens everything is over in a blink of an eye

[@saintgeorgefloyd9488]

daym braurh

[@TheLostBoy1974]

From 1996-1999, my wife and I took the bus down from Boston every month for a weekend. Then we moved to Japan. I miss that NYC.

[@mjstudios97]

NYC looks so beautiful then pre 9/11.. I was born that year in September ☺️ My mother was actually in NYC in 1997 on her business trip carrying me in her belly!

[@curtisrivers1]

Same here! only difference is i was born in August. I haven't been to NYC yet in my lifetime, but i wish it was still the same. It will never be the same without the twins. What beautiful architecture. Too sad.

[@PrinceofDrill]

Depending on the month, my family and I were still living in the City in Queens. I would have been 8. We moved in late August of '97.

[@rightlibertarian8355]

Born that year march

[@Lunari_xo]

My dad does roofing and my mom was just there talking with the people that owned the home and I was in her belly when one of the planes flew over their heads before tragedy.

[@miguelmejia4656]

@mjstudios97 fucking zoomer

[@icnocuicatl]

1997 is the definition of 90s. A truly special year! The 90s were great!

[@nickcockayne7880]

I was on holiday with my mum and dad in NYC in late October early November 1997 so thanks for uploading this. Started in Boston first then got the Amtrak train to NY Penn Station, it was into the evening at that point and vividly remember the first thing I saw of New York was the silhouette of the twin towers against the setting sun. Would give anything to go back and relive those times.

[@nickcockayne7880]

@Team Epiphany Tyler I saw the Twin Towers further out whilst I was still on the train before we crossed into Manhattan. Was pretty stoked and excited at this point as the train had taken quite a long time! I just wish I hadn’t been a typical teenager not wanting any photos of me although there’s loads of the back of my head! 🤣

[@silveriver9]

I was there summer 1995. Times Sq has changed a lot since.

[@eduardogavilanes4651]

What celebs were popular around this time?

[@echtigren8188]

@@eduardogavilanes4651 You mean just any celebs, or from a certain genre. lil kim, bone thugs, Toni Braxton, Hanson, spice girls, Robert deniro, Nicholas cage, Julia Roberts, demi moore, puff daddy/biggie, everyone from the show Friends and seinfeld, Mariah Carey. There's too many to name.

[@eduardogavilanes4651]

@@echtigren8188 no Ariana Grande, Kardashians or Beyonce? Man i feel old.

[@unitedcity_mc4421]

Back when NYC was actually a city and not a tourist trap. All of those Chevrolet Caprice and Ford Crown Victoria taxi cabs are now replaced with Toyota Priuses and Ford Explorers. Nobody was looking down at their iPhones, just walking around and talking to each other. You can’t beat NYC in the early and the mid 90s. Especially in 1993.

[@rixille]

Visited in 2005. It still had that charm to it, just a newer Crown Vic generation for the cabs and flip up phones which sucked to text with. Great food. Sept 11 may have took something away from the city and at the time; I remember seeing a fire truck with rubble left on/next to it. Maybe it was left as some kind of monument, but people were very much alive and it was still a fun time.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

@@rixille damn

[@Olizimm]

was better in the 1960's...what mean?? each era has its positive and negative aspects. When you are young, everything is and was more beautiful.

[@hansonel]

90's were one of the best decades IMO. And the NYC skyline wasn't overcrowded with 100 story supertall condos for billionaires.

[@Alex_Gordon]

yep! NYC until about 1995 was awesome. after that it went downhill

[@A1994-s8w]

كم اني اشتاق إلى نيويورك القديمه حيث كان كل شيء طبيعي

[@atrain84]

I remember resting my head on the windows of the WTC and just seeing the building sway. And the express elevators all throughout the city! Insane fast.

[@dimviesel]

Windows on the world was great too

[@atrain84]

@@dimviesel yes, a very good place to eat!

[@MyLife_in_aNutshell]

@@atrain84 Yeah, and now, we have a one UGLY tower.. the freedom tower, Honestly his price and his elevator sucks, I miss the original beautiful buildings, including the original building 7..

[@MyLife_in_aNutshell]

@@atrain84 Windows of the world was the best and amazing restaurant in New York City and the entire fucking world. Much better than the actual restrooms in the city.

[@Mon-O-Chrome]

this is the closest thing to having a time machine i ever gonna see

[@sagew7377]

Wait until you see the 90s HD footage! Search it up, so cool!

[@zenoslime]

seriously... a remote viewing time machine in video form

[@philipatoz]

Nope - this is much closer (futher away) in a time machine - try 120+ years ago footage WITH SOUND: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6OanIWPhJdspJY

[@pl565ter]

In the future we will make a realistic simulation of 90s America with AI. Wait there's a movie for that

[@insta2691]

I was born in 1997. When I was in middle school, my family and I lived 3 to 5 minutes away from NYC. I'm currently 24 years old.

[@CJbrinkman602]

22 years ago today, two of the most memorable buildings in the city fell, RIP to all who perished

[@bobblisgaming5537]

i was born 1988. i wold like for someone here to make a time maskine, give me a call and send me back to 1980. 80 and 90 was the best decades to live in. was not old but i remember a lot. :D

[@janomasta]

No smartphones. Just a humble and slower life.

[@oochiewally2783]

Life was still fast out here

[@Cdub31]

NYC was always fast, people seem more down to earth before these smartphones were implemented in this world .

[@cargo4441]

Well I had a cell phone in the nineties. As for slower times I think not. .

[@atrain84]

I remember coming out here for work in the 90s. We had to “check out” loaner phones from the company to use while we were working in the city! Crazy!!

[@WestleyWolf]

you still had beepers.

[@bugged1212]

As you walk and breathe on this day today, you are living in history. This day is not coming back again.

[@johnwonder8720]

This was the sweet spot for cities in America. The blight and mob influence of the 70's and early 80's was gone. But prices werent ridiculous and the streets were "cleaned up". Same with Chicago , the corruption and junkies of the 80's was almost gone and the 2nd Daley was enforcing the laws and retaking old neighborhoods.

[@Adeoca2]

I first came to NYC at, age 10, in the summer of 1999. I remembered it being fun, glamorous, and exciting. Then, in 2007, I moved to the city for college, and lived here ever since. Today, in 2024, the city looks depressing and not the same anymore. Technology, social media, and the Covid pandemic changed everything. I wish the city we used to love would come back.

[@intoreality4683]

This reminds me of GTA Liberty City Stories for some reason

[@luckyford22]

It is

[@airaero5473]

INTO REALITY Because it took place a tear later

[@moragag9307]

Because Liberty City is based off New York City

[@acaptainnachoz2111]

Dude gta 3 is booting up rn so im watching this with the theme song playing

[@baz2330]

this is the first thing I ever thought when I saw this vid!

[@tdoran616]

The 90s and early 2000s was amazing

[@SmokyOle]

Everything fell part after 2006 but yes I'd say 1986 to about 2006 was peak America and also peak western countries in general.

[@amuroray9115]

9/11 says otherwise.

[@amuroray9115]

@@SmokyOle some say everything fell apart after 1999. Some say everything fell apart after 2012. People keep moving it around 80-90’s was peak America. 2006 wasn’t. The decline began back in the 90’s because the crime rates were higher in NYC than now

[@bmc868]

U.S was the best of the best....now it's a bit different.

[@tdoran616]

@@amuroray9115 the whole world doesn’t revolve around 9/11

[@GriffinGrabow]

Bill Clinton's America - it was the Empire Country and this was the Empire City. Truly amazing times. First time I visited New York City was September-early October, 1998. I went to the Statue of Liberty and the World Trade Center in the same day. I remember the elevator in the WTC going up so quick I felt lightheaded. I remember we would look at the elevator screen and it would say "Floor 60" and then about 5 seconds later "Floor 70".... it was incredible. The city has this vibrance and energy in the air that no other place I have ever been to has ever come close to matching. NYC is still the greatest city in the world. I say this as a native Los Angelino!

[@BradThePitts]

In this particular case, infinitely more important than "Bill Clinton's America" was that this was this was Rudy Giuliani's city. Not long before this video was taken the city was bankrupt, out of control, and considered it to be unmanageable. He cleaned up the city, for example, Times Square went from the butthole of the world to something that more resembled Downtown Disneyland. After Mayor Giuliani, Mayor Bloomberg continued to clean up the city and crime reduced even further. Of course, the pandemic and social unrest in 2020 tore the city apart, but it's coming back and it's coming back strong!

[@germanchris4440]

Countries are not countries of placed, deviant and blackmailable political actors from certain evil bloodlines.

[@agumelen]

This was fun to watch. Though I’ve lived in NYC all my life, I had never had the opportunity to visit the observation deck of the World Trade Center. Your video gave me the chance to see what it was all about. Thanks.

[@markgriffin2087]

The World Trade Center collapsed and so is the Mets season fire Luis Rojas

[@GreenYoshi3881]

One word to describe the 90’s….”FREE” because at that time we all felt free.

[@adrianosvaldooporto7365]

Gracias por compartir de disfruté cada minuto. Desde Argentina 🇦🇷

[@fintanoclery2698]

That was a great year. I was splitting my time between a cabin in the middle of the Canadian bush and visiting my now wife in NYC while she was in grad school at Columbia. I love that city, great video

[@lucy19707]

Bellissimo questo video!!! New York è la città più bella del mondo. Dopo viene Genova...!!!!!

[@jugandoclasicos]

Man What a trip in the time beautiful footage I miss 95 - 2005

[@sango_wilko851]

At 8:52 it's really eerie to hear the automated tour guide in the WTC observation deck talking about the B-25 that crashed into the Empire State Building.

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

this is the best footage ive ever seen for 1997..its like a film movie camera

[@joecassar3990]

I've been working near Rock Center since '91. I remember this area looking like this back in '97. Took me back with this video. Thanks for this.

[@uneedtherapy42]

I am not alone in this thinking that the Vibe in the 90's was insane, life was beautiful, women were so cool and not the narcissists of today, no internet really yet, no social media...Just life and life was phenomenal

[@jl2937]

True facts

[@Bloombaby99]

And men actually took you out on dates and knew how to behave like gentleman....

[@mpound97]

Graduated High School that year. School prom was on one of the cruise boats that went around Manhattan. Even though the evening was kinda misty, being on the outside deck with my boys I'm still with today looking at the city was something special.

[@Cdub31]

Always loved the 90’s in NYC. Really do miss it, all people care about now is their face stuck in their phones .

[@shadeyxo]

And you wrote your little comment using a phone yes or no? 🧐

[@Cdub31]

@@shadeyxo well duh the world has changed. I can put it down whenever I want and take in the beauty of life.

[@shadeyxo]

@@Cdub31 Then why complain about a situation when you’re an active participant? 😂 Pot calling the kettle black.

[@Cdub31]

@@shadeyxo 😬. I mean I’m grateful how technology progressed, just think people are self absorbed with their phones. Maybe I’m just becoming a old fart. Live up your youth.

[@mari-kr7nq]

@@shadeyxo but honestly, can you really not be a participant? can you actively choose to not have a cellphone?

[@ScrubbinLyfe]

This was the year I was born. Thanks for uploading this, it's really cool for me to see.

[@kwbalance108]

I was 9 years young, shit definitely felt different back then. I'll never forget 97-02, some of the most memorable years in my life. #bornandraised

[@numan2985]

Yes. It felt like dream. The 90s feels surreal compared to today’s timeline.

[@mhaze210]

I was in Marriott Marquis in Times Square in April 1997 (my first time staying a weekend). At 1:20:04 is the Hotel and the room window had a direct view of that Coca-Cola sign. That is the coolest hotel I've ever been to. The elevator in the middle of the building. That hotel and Times Square felt like the future. I went to the Empire State Building both times. Also the Crown of the Statue of Liberty. I went in the World Trade Center in Summer 2001 and we went thru some underground Mall which I think is this video 5:33. It leads to the World Trade Center lobby. I didn't go up top, but I wanted to. We were there for Les Miserables tickets. I am thankful I even got to see that era of NYC. Seeing the cars in this video helped bring back that feeling I had walking on the streets in that time. Also someone mentioned Liberty City from GTA IV which is exactly why it's one of my favorite GTA games. 'Self Actualization FM', 'The Journey', 'The Vibe', and 'The Classics' were the radio stations I listened to the most.

[@arnett.h6276]

Can't believe this was over 20 yrs ago❤️

[@ryantouhey1997]

The year I was born. It's always fascinating to see videos like this online to see how life was like back then.

[@alexla_grange8957]

I think 90s is the best years of humanity

[@vectushumanus4363]

Whatta a sweet tour! Just lovely!❤💯

[@vincentforonda7381]

people back then seems to be alot friendlier in the camera than today.

[@williamwoods5592]

The trees really look good. And I also love the ice skating too. And everybody are just getting a long and enjoying themselves.

[@Sergie2024]

90s the greatest era ever!!!

[@jasonunruh9605]

Nobody staring at their phones or recording with their phones. Some have cameras but man what a difference then from now. Wish we could go back

[@nateclipps]

What’s the issue with someone being on their phone? Especially if their not talking to someone

[@TECHLOVER_91]

Speak for Yourself you take yourself back everyone doesn't feel like you do

[@jasonunruh9605]

@@TECHLOVER_91 zombie

[@andreslautner]

New York is so beautiful even it when it's 1997

[@oliverjohn5566]

Every year it's beautiful!!!

[@leonardoferreiracota4765]

@@oliverjohn5566 2020 sucks 😷🤢🤮

[@imbagirl8631]

new buildings are ugly

[@webmasale]

Ew

[@kierstenr1993]

My mom is from NYC and we used to visit my family all the time. I remember the restaurant at the top of the towers that had amazing views. My cousin worked in one of the towers and was running late that day. It’s so weird seeing the NYC skyline without the twin towers even 20 years later. I always look for them naturally.

[@ehrichan6726]

I was only a baby when this video was made. Like I could see my mom pushing me in a stroller down the street. I honest can’t believe earth used to look like this.

[@Damidas]

9:00 Freaking skyline looks unrecognizable now which is crazy being that the skyline really didn't change that much from when this was shot until about 2009

[@mikejejenich7116]

Im 50. When i was growing up in the 80s and 90s in nyc. I thought life would be this unbelievable. Fun exciting…….. little did i know. Soon as the 2000s. Hit. The 🌎 world was not a good place anymore.

[@claudiahid5628]

New York in its prime, I was only 13 back in 97 but I remember going to the city often taking the train from the suburbs in Westchester with my mom and it was just full of good memories.

[@Bloombaby99]

So you were born in 1984. What were the late 80s like?

[@boatymcboatface18]

It's amazing - even the trains were shined to a T in the 1990s. Damn I miss it.

[@Bloombaby99]

I know, it's C-R-A-Z-Y. Back then, we actually took care of ourselves, our properties, and public spaces. Shame we didn't care those attitudes and actions with us into the future.

[@DanRichter]

The World Trade Center wasn't just a part of the New York skyline; it was its beating heart, its defining brushstroke on an ever-evolving canvas. Imagine leveling the Eiffel Tower to the ground-it's that kind of irreplaceable. Like a cornerstone in a cathedral, the World Trade Center was an essential piece of the city's identity, as iconic as yellow taxis and Broadway marquees. To lose it was to lose a part of ourselves.

[@Bammyy]

I like watching these old videos

[@sethw997]

Love these. Sometimes when I see these VHS type recordings I look for what's still the same in humans now....from day to day. I was 2....

[@iplyrunescape305]

Aye. How cool it must have felt to be in the towers. I would have liked it. At least, we got the Freedom Tower. I hope I'll be able to visit it in my lifetime. *LIBERTY CITY*

[@FirstLast-qf1df]

Twins were much better

[@kashvillian0S]

First Last yup

[@low-keyrighteous9575]

Same here . Even tho the towers are gone :( I still want to see New York. Such a gorgeous city pictures and videos don't do her justice . If the Lord is willing

[@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]

Freedom tower.....just make sure to wear your mask and have your vax passports ready. And if you don't, even as an American you're now considered a terrorist.

[@iplyrunescape305]

@@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM I recently, a couple of months ago, did in fact visit the Freedom Tower. Yeah, I got to see it before that bullshit mandate was coming. Be careful everyone, stay strong and be wary of what you hear.

[@rknine7998]

Good old innocent 1990s days of the Super Nintendo and (the original) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Wow, I remember at 10:33 when my mom and I visited the top observation deck of the WTC. We used to exit from the escalator in that area from the restaurant that was downstairs. This just gave me goosebumps. Before the camera turned that 1:04:34, I was thinking to myself "the next door to the right is a chocolate store". I remember I took a picture there when I was a kid.

[@horselover7744]

I didn't know the guide was also speaking french Pleasant surprise she is trying hard well done ! (I'm french ) Thank you for taking us back to what seems to be two different worlds now The twins 💗💗💗

[@goranvisnjic8888]

New York will never be the same without WTC

[@plottwist1733]

That was a different world to the one we live in now.

[@sunshine8495]

In the 90's everyone was remenenscing over the 80's and 70's. Now look at us. Guess the cycle never ends.

[@woodsie315]

It's not quite the same. Growing up in the 80s, cities were perceived as bleak dangerous places to be and statistically speaking they often were. NYC in particular had a murder rate that started taking off in the late 60s and peaked in 1990. From there on out though it fell off a cliff and by 1997 was approaching levels not seen since 1960. The mid to late 1990s in general was a period of relative peace and social order in the USA. We had won the cold war, crime rates were dropping, the stock market was kicking ass, and cities were starting to be hip places to live once again. We were only a really good track until September 11th, 2001 changed the game forever.

[@billbedav]

@@woodsie315thx to bill clinton.

[@bonsaitomato8290]

1:13:50 I was looking for myself cause you were filming my office window which were the large corner windows at 745 5th ave. I worked there for 20 years best view of Central Park I ever had while working.

[@harrypothead]

EVERYTHING WAS BETTER BACK THEN!!! EVERYTHING!! TODAYS WORLD SUCKS!!!!

[@GGsDLo]

Great videographer who filmed this. Hope you made it back for the 25yr anniversary since this trip. If not you should. You wouldn’t believe how much NYC and the skyline have changed! Come back soon 😊

[@arkeys74]

I visited New York City for the first time in 1999, so this brings back memories 😃

[@AnonYmous-ry2jn]

Great colorization and restoration: so sad, when you think about it, that none of the people shown in this video are still with us, for generations, even though they seem so alive and contemporary in this video. One can imagine their descendants still walking among us, but with the passage of time, mortality takes us all and we at least have their preservation in memory and their images captured forever in this video; in that sense they truly do live on. It is truly amazing how this video can revive the past and these lives that have long since left our midst are brought back to life before our very eyes as if they were still with us, an incredible feat of modern technology.

[@ericdanielsbenavidez5867]

This was the Best time to see New York...

[@stefincanada]

Aug of 1997 I was in NYC .,, I love going back to these videos too so I can better remember how things were.... I do remember for a fact things didn't look "old" like the video back then. everything looked as real as today. I was at virgin megastore in times square a lot. all star cafe. statue of liberty (but didn't go up the line up was too long) . I remember being at castle clinton to get our tickets and looking up at the twin towers... kind of happy and kind of sad I didn't go up and take a look in them... the world changed in 2001. I didn't have worries like this when I went to NYC

[@npc4-12c2]

Back when SNL was still good

[@texaswunderkind]

Uh, I think your troll bot is broken. Try adding more keywords than just "New York"

[@juliarodriguez218]

Oh my goodness that is my neck of the woods in the thumbnail! I would recognize the Broadway Bridge and Promenade Apartments anywhere. That must be footage from the Circle Line. It's just funny because we are far from the first area that come to mind when people think of New York City. There is so much history here though, I think it is worth making the trek up to Inwood, Marble Hill and Spuyten Duyvil. It is a beautiful part of the city.

[@thickbagina8370]

I could watch this forever

[@ccol009]

I liked the “NYC in 1987” better. And this is coming from a 90’s baby.

[@arthurcooperman3106]

I was literally walking down that street (24:19) with my friends yesterday lmao, Intrepid costs $33 a ticket now so that was a hard pass but that street has barely changed and there are still car dealerships and car repair shops up and down that avenue on the other side.