Times Square - New York City Tour, Nov 19, 1987 - Part 2

This is a tour of New York City in November 19th, 1987! You get to see how it really was on the bustling streets of Manhattan nearly 30 years ago. Look at the vintage cars, the way people dressed, the store fronts and what was in style during the amazing 1980's!
#NewYorkCity #TimesSquare #MidtownManhattan
In Part 1, The tour moves across each avenue, from Lexington, to Park Avenue, Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, etc.
In Part 2, you will travel to Times Square. Back then, it was a bit seedy, coming off the near bankruptcy of NYC in the late 1970's.
You will see store fronts and marquises that were NOT very family friendly. All that changed in the 1990's during a period of revitalization.
You will see hints of Broadway and you'll even get a performance from what appears to be a very happy New Yorker. Performance indeed!
Later, you will see the New York Library, then Grand Central Station, the you travel down to Wall Street to see the iconic Trinity Church.

[@sosomelodies659]

It may seem insignificant and trivial to video tape a scene of everyday life, but it's really a treasure when you look back at all the nostalgia within it, the cars, the fashion, and the music.

[@hollyking2580]

I was 15 in 1987 and looking at this video, I cannot believe my mother allowed me to take the bus from the rural North Fork of Long Island to go into NYC by myself to attend soap opera fan club meetings!!!!

[@maple494]

haha thats great, what a different world it was back then

[@lukatore123]

This was closer to 9/11 than 9/11 is to today. Wow, how time flies by.

[@ZnenTitan]

Yep, 32 years. I was 28 then and the mind reels thinking about it,

[@ZnenTitan]

Ah, you have come across what i call the "roller-coaster" principal. It works like this: From childhood to 21 takes "forever" kind of like being on the ride and slowly clanking up to that first "hill" after that you are moving like an express train until the "ride" is over. and until you have experienced it you can't believe how fast it goes. To younger people time stretches out before them like an eternity. You have to go through it to understand that is not the case,

[@ignazs.5816]

@@ZnenTitan I'm going through it at the moment. Time just flies! They say it is because a lot of things are still new to the young ones, and as you get older, things are no longer a novelty. You still get this feeling when you go on vacation to somewhere you've never been and the come back home. The vacation seemed like it went on forever.

[@quadirbrown3800]

Yeah time really flies.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

The world was much less crazy though. Lot of the crazy stuff that followed 9-11 still omnipresent.

[@truthteller4442]

There's nothing like that unmistakable nostalgic 1980's synth keyboard riff at 3:19. Man, kids.....these really were the good ol' days. I lived it....and I would give anything to go back.

[@clayjo791]

In 1987 I was driving a city bus through Broadway and Times Square. Promoted 4 years later. Retired 16 months ago.

[@Keys7]

God Bless you Sir. That was when you could make it in NYC. You had to be tough though.

[@clayjo791]

@@Keys7 It was hard then, and harder now. But all things are possible if we allow God's grace to lead according to His plan for our lives.

[@718ant5]

Clay Jones mr Jones I need to find a way into the MTA as a bus operator!

[@clayjo791]

@@718ant5 It's not an easy job, but if one has the right temperament to handle the stress, the pay and benefits are pretty decent!

[@718ant5]

Clay Jones definitely a lot of respect to all of you. I just need to get in and take the exam.

[@flipsidenation7679]

My dad moved to NYC in 1987,to see this video and to see what he saw made me feel nostalgic for a era I wasnt even alive in.

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

Nobody on a phone, Amazing!!!

[@evasmileyyy]

Anybody else notices this: "It is the year 2019. "The Running Man" is a deadly game no one has ever survived." ?

[@ChiefyBeats]

Eva Malene 4:20 in the video

[@GiveItUpDot]

Thanks for detailing it, i was trying to make it out

[@kevinsteelflex7371]

They were off by a year

[@spontaneouz1000-sr6ls]

@@evasmileyyy it sounds like the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course alot of people didn't survive

[@di-jt6jp]

This Native New Yorker remembers this so well. NYC in the ‘70’s were scary,. The ‘80’s were such fun! Now Manhattan doesn’t seem like New York. Too commercialized. Great video. Thanks for posting. 🗽

[@demontongue9893]

too commercialised ? are you seeing anything but add banners and advertisements in this video? this was clearly the entry years into NY becoming commercialised.

[@Youngdanny45]

Isn’t that the point of Manhattan ?

[@marticus1642]

I find it weird when boomers say nyc is too commercialized like this video isn’t showcasing how commercialized nyc was in the 80s

[@di-jt6jp]

I’m not a boomer. I’m Gen X. And I don’t want people to criticize or challenge me. That makes me very sad. Isn’t it just easier to be nice?

[@marticus1642]

diane montuori sorry if I offended you I didn’t mean to come off like an asshole

[@coldcrush9]

City was so raw. Now it's like a big shopping mall for tourists

[@LoganLavery]

I was a 22 year old back then. Man those were good years '87/88

[@MaYeRsNoLife]

Big Valley guud gor you cuz your young and full of energie old ppl back in 88-87 said 1950 were good years

[@Galidorquest]

@MaYeRsDz True, 50's-nostalgia was quite common in the Late 70's & 80's, after Elvis's death. Lots of white artists like Rick Astley & Daryl Hall even had a pompadour back then, and there were many retro-50's bands like The Stray Cats and Roman Holiday. Uncle Jesse in Full House was even obsessed with Elvis, and Michael Jackson was pretty much Elvis's younger, black replacement. The 80's was also when perms made a comeback. Then Ice Cube roasted Eazy's Jheri Curl in '92 and MJ's controversial case in '93 was the final nail in the coffin for men's perms. Hair-Metal was dead at that point, 80's culture had fizzled out, and almost everyone eventually wanted shorter or flat-ironed hair by then, especially after Friends was released in '94, and the rest is history.

[@lighthouse3879]

One of the best times in my life living in NYC 1985-1989. Thanks.

[@scalagreen20]

First time I visited New York was November 1987, aged 19. This is exactly how I remembered it! Thanks Todd!

[@Dr.Meola1980]

This is when New York looked like the Ghostbusters could come around the corner at any time.😂

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

Most of us are nostalgic for the ‘80s and ‘90s and I can see why!

[@psychokinesis878]

Movies being released in the 90s paved the way for films we see today,fast food quality was to die for, blockbuster was the place to be to rent movies, music was powerful, it made us come together, it made us emotional, N64 and sleepovers...I'm sorry to say this but I hate today's time, it just doesn't fit well with me

[@spontaneouz1000-sr6ls]

@@psychokinesis878 you don't have to feel sorry, the 70s , 80s, and 90s were the best, today's times just flat out SUCK!!!

[@kettlecookedjalapenochips]

Man, I love these. Original vloggers and a moment captured in time.

[@ToddMcDurmont]

I guess you're right! I was a vlogger before the word was invented!

[@mml1426]

I’ve been all over the world: London, Tokyo, Paris, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, but man, the only place that makes me want to live is New York. The vibe, the energy, the fast paced life, the lights, the modern and old architecture mixed into one, the diversity, the huge buildings. This place is massive. Americans should be proud to have a city like New York. It’s not perfect, neither the most beautiful, but by far, the most fucking amazing city I have visited. Greetings from Greece.

[@robertwieczorek5838]

Nothing better than being 20 years old in New York city in the 80's!

[@ToddMcDurmont]

I agree! We lived it!

[@hectorlopez1069]

The man dancing on the streets of NY. Man, those were great times. It was full of excitement.

[@TrueWisdom992]

There’s a lot more people dancing on the streets today

[@riotize0]

I remeber coming to times square with my dad for fun in 1987 on july, it was a great expericence seeing everybody and how different times square was to where i used to live. I will never forget my days there.

[@irbisae4964]

I was there 2018 as a tourist from Europe. Also will never forget this place truly breathtaking city.

[@xrmerkur]

Pretty amazing to see this old footage. It’s like a whole different world.

[@QueensNativeNYC]

Wow, those were the days! It`s kind of sad how time passes by so quickly.. 1987 feels like such a long time ago, but at the same time it almost feels like yesterday!

[@eddyvideostar]

Queens: Pinpoint and poetic.

[@ZnenTitan]

It feels to me like maybe ten years, but in no way does it feel like over 30. (Yikes!)

[@TacoStacks]

wow this is a throwback

[@rodolfotsang4327]

I miss the 90s

[@robertkelly6282]

Yea before goulie screwed it up I lived in Hell’s Kitchen worked in queens I would always walk down 42 street on the way home was offered all kinds of stuff. One guy would offer me pot day after same guy. So one day I had to get him. I stopped to listen to I have the best stuff well he didn’t know I could always get good stuff. Reached in my pocket handed him a joint said enjoy I will come back tomorrow. Next day he sees me I walk to him he asked can u get me more lol my answer no that’s just so when u see me don’t bother me again lol

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

New York was actually interesting back then. The current city sucks.

[@CarynDPrescott]

I was 18 then. Graduated h.s. running around with friends Downtown. Riding the subway all over. Working at Alexander's in Kings Plaza and selling Avon, jewelry and stockings in Flatbush. Also at Aqueduct flea market and street fairs Buying records and junk food and clothesline. Dodging rats and pervs. Crazy times. I wouldn't trade it for anything 😁

[@jamesmogan883]

I was 22 years old in '87, serving in the Navy. Now 54, 1987 truly feels like a lifetime ago.

[@marcelobalbinot8019]

Indeed.....although i have vivid memories of that fantastic time

[@pand5458]

Tell me more!!

[@pand5458]

@@pslm23 tell me more😉

[@Karenann0313]

My senior year of high school..now im a grandmother..times sure flies

[@SillyGoose2024]

I was 13 and yes it was a lifetime ago. A much better, brighter, warmer, happier lifetime ago.

[@mature347]

To have an amateur video going as far back as 1987 is a gem

[@HoneyPie1978]

Woooow..i was 9 years old in 1987.Some of the best days, my childhood was absolutely fun. Growing up here in NYC (Brooklyn), I must say that Delmonté add revived an erased memory. The good ole days of NYC, shall never be forgotten!❤🍎

[@jerome5ify]

Same age, it was great to grow up in the 80's and i was around 9 in Nov 1987

[@dennismolina9033]

The best times, I'm a Reagan 80s baby and a 90s teen lol, the days when there was no social media, no smartphones, very very few people had cell phones, they were like bricks, everything was old school, we're the last of the old generation before FB, social media, smartphones

[@HoneyPie1978]

@@dennismolina9033 agreed and everyone was focused in conversation. Not their brains glued to the phone

[@jerome5ify]

@@dennismolina9033 Word

[@dennismolina9033]

@@HoneyPie1978 i know! Especially today's teens, we're the last generation before social media

[@Keys7]

This is exactly how I remember it. I was born in 80'. NYC was Toys Galore Central. All different types of gadgets. So much fun!

[@TonyTone1]

Wow 1987, A few years before,. At 17 it was a thrill for me to go to 42 street to see the Topless Bars, Peek shows, electronic stores and the crazy people on streets.

[@kckgirl78]

I had my one visit in 1980 when I was 20. They say you can’t go back, but oh how I WISH I could! 🌹😢

[@merfwriter]

You can always go back. Nothing is stopping you.

[@kckgirl78]

@@merfwriter I appreciate the thought but the cares, concerns and cost of living of a then 20 yr old are far different than a now 63 yr old with health issues. Nevertheless I remain hopeful! 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

[@Tark75ifty]

1987, the year I first visited N.Y. Coming from old Europe, I was dazzled from the airport. So big, so high, so exciting! The 80's were to N.Y. what the 60's were to London. I was in the right place at the right time.

[@Vetal83]

this video feels like it's from another lifetime

[@yvillegas72]

Growing up in NY in the 80's was the absolute best.... I was so lucky

[@aprilrains973]

I was living in that area in 1987 and yes it was a bit seedy, but it had character. I think that's missing today. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheMantis25]

Thank you so much for this video! This is the New York I loved and remember and growing up. My mother was a token clerk at the train station. Times Square was scary and fun at the sane time. I miss those days.

[@LoEastSideNY72]

Came across this after watching video of my Lower East Side neighborhood after 20+ years. Left in 1996. Dad used to take me to the movies in T Square mid 80s. This meant the world to me, thanks Todd.

[@ToddMcDurmont]

I love to hear responses like this. I only took the videos for family back home to show over Thanksgiving and Christmas of 1987, but instead, the footage offers memories for many to relive. For you, those memories are drawn into sharper focus of you and your dad. That's priceless. 👍

[@hectorlopez1069]

Wow, watching 80s movies at the theaters. Great times.

[@bmc868]

Thank you Todd for your vid. You did a great work, You showed how was America in the 80's. Very different from now. At this time America was at it best. Now this country is just the shadow of what it was....

[@GreggBennett-j3p]

In 1987 is was living in Manhattan on the UWS and just starting the process of going to grad school. I used to walk a lot to clear my head, and went through/by Times Square almost daily from then up through 90 or 91 when I finished grad school and got a ‘real’ job. I remember every bit of what’s shown in this video. It just seemed normal to me then.

[@ToddMcDurmont]

Me too!

[@eleonoraperelman9789]

"1988 Technology!" when he was looking at the videocameras. LOL.

[@chriswheeler6092]

I like watching videos like this because they bring back memories of the time. I was looking at the electronics in the windows and thinking about how different everything is now.

[@Aaronhouston33]

As a child I use to love looking at the electronic shop windows of camcorders and cordless phones

[@kevinmichael2538]

80's New York had that awesome vibe

[@jeromelombardo6053]

1987 was my first trip to NY City from Phila and It was love at first sight. I am proud to born and raised in Phila but new york city is my second home .

[@bartondonnelly5293]

I was there. I am from Da Bronx and worked from 1980 to 2000 in lower Manhattan until 1997, then Brooklyn until 2000. Every pay day I would go to Times Square and all around the city. There are times I really miss it.

[@larrycj4382]

Another Bronxite here! I worked in lower Manhattan from 1986 till 2000, then worked in Brooklyn too! Yes in the 1980s and 90s loved going to Times Sq on Saturdays! Arcades, shopping for records, movies @ Lowes Astor Plaza's giant screen - what memories!

[@hectorlopez1069]

Those people are so lucky to experience what it was like living in 87 in NYC.

[@willc5723]

Most of those people probably old or dead by now

[@tameriajones593]

I wish my mom could of took me to New York City in 1987 when I was six years old.

[@keensterd3654]

The year I was born. I wasn't old enough to remember this time but somehow I feel nostalgic for it. I love looking at footage of NYC in the 70's/80's.

[@ultimatesin3544]

You can't go home again, but its cool how you can still catch glimpses of it

[@Zeldafan1ify]

Damn... deep.

[@leonardvancottjr.2102]

Thank you for presenting this time capsule of the 1987 year, including much of 1987 Time Square.

[@leonardvancottjr.2102]

Notice back in the 1980's and some time thereafter the area around here included a " red light district" of XXX Theatre's and so on. Thankfully that was cleaned up and today Time Square is much more family friendly.

[@trainluvr]

I was 26 when this was made. At the time I felt I was born about 15 years too late to enjoy the great times of the late 60s, while recognizing that as such I avoided the threat of being drafted into the military or worse. On the other hand the spectre of contracting AIDS with zero treatment available was a major killjoy of the times. By 1987 the subways and commuter railroads were about halfway restored, so there was plenty of nostalgia to be mined for us train buffs.

[@jeffkaczmir3891]

I wish I could go back in time to the 1980s and go back to New York City

[@spontaneouz1000-sr6ls]

@@jeffkaczmir3891 as a 1980 Labor day weekend baby still living in NYC, the same here, I'm basically " holding back the years" like Simply Red

[@robertaccornero7172]

I worked in midtown Manhattan as an art director/ illustrator from 1980 to 1990...this was my world.. the first 2 years was in Time Square when it was like Sodom and Gomorrah....we would go to lunch in groups of three to be less of a target....it was nuts. this video blasts right back into that reality, for 10 years I walked everywhere i could, exploring cool places .after a while I learned the art of street walking....

[@niks7643]

Thanks for posting this. I was in high school in New Jersey at the time this video was taken. New York City was our playground. Such a great time and brings back so many fond memories.

[@llovethe80s]

The 80,s the greatest decade for movies, music, sports, TV shows,fashion and awesome toys and video games. I was so lucky to be a teenager in the greatest decade of all time.

[@ToddMcDurmont]

You're absolutely right! No other decade can compare!

[@israelitewarrior89]

The 90s too

[@RapidCycling07]

Sports and pro wrestling were epic in the 80s!

[@Will_Bx_NYC_718]

Wow the real Times Square I haven’t seen you in a long time.

[@lisacarmen6669]

I would give anything to go back to that Era

[@YoBoyMarcus]

It was the best. We'll never see anything like it again.

[@polanialmoni6274]

Same

[@bradmacarthur3810]

For two or three days would be cool. Go and see the Twin Tower and just walk around the city for three days would be neat. I lived in Soho my whole life but I'd love to see it in the 80s.

[@TECHLOVER_91]

GET OVER YOURSELF LOL IT'S GONE

[@loveunderlaw]

Terry Henderson Jr FUCK OFF !!!

[@geri4064]

I love these videos to be able to transport yourself to the past

[@stephenmarcus9601]

I loved old Times Square. At 18 those video shots and lives shows were an education

[@danroydsbarbadostravelvlog3057]

Nice vintage footage. Thanks for sharing

[@joericci4094]

NO CELL PHONES!!!...You left your house and that was that all that was left was the answering machine.....DAMN I MISS the '80s

[@josemontano7767]

Thanks to the tourist that recorded this

[@777Edub]

I was born a little bit after this video was shot in November MAN!!! Life was so much simpler then. Old fashioned by today's standards but waaaaay more enjoyable times from what I can remember growing up during these times. I miss them and would trade them back for what we are living in now smh It seems to only get worse out here.

[@gilbertobm]

It was dangerous, it wasn't that clean, there were a lot of crazy people, there wasn't any of the flashiest led advertisements... however I liked this version of TS better. Now is the mother of all tourist traps.

[@mariebernier3076]

ABSOLUTELY! The city was so dirty! Yeccch. But this Times Square was real.

[@hornet6969]

[Now] , you'll just be mugged by a 6'6" tall guy in a super hero costume, or attacked by a hammer wielding crazed lunatic. 🤪

[@zqpcydbfoqbdiehdj]

@@mariebernier3076 nah. I love the 2012 Times Square better.. when the One Times Square had the separate billboards and not just one big single one for one advertiser! Lol. I miss that

[@PrescottSF]

“But the music was nice!”

[@ramencurry6672]

I agree the old version was better but it’s still decent today in my opinion of course……especially compared to other cities in America. A lot of cities have turned into ghost towns in their main districts. I visited St. Louis and the city is basically empty and almost abandoned. So at least there’s still foot traffic in Times Square

[@lucychavez3175]

"Wireless telephones" i love it

[@sbloome77]

RUN DMC AND IRON MAIDEN 😊 1987, I was 10 and had visited NYC with my grandmother bc my family was from there. We moved to Los Angeles when I was 2. Wish I could go back in time!

[@JungleYT]

So glad I got to see it back then... Was stationed at McGuire AFB, NJ in 1987 and visited NYC at least four times. Got to see the dirty magazine stores, stacked to the ceiling with my favorite stuff from England! LOL

[@cliffordgill9052]

My parents must've shopped at that electronics store for Christmas in 1987!😂 I got a Sony "Walkman" that year with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album! Oh yah baby...

[@btceth4714]

this is how I remember Times Square.. miss the 80's

[@oaktree1628]

I’ve always been curious what Times Square looked like in the mid 1980s… the Marriott looks so new and clean from the outside! Great video! Thanks for keeping this on KZbin… great for historical perspective!

[@hectorlopez1069]

Cameras that were used to take pictures and selfies in that era. I miss that era very much.

[@josephishkabibble5863]

I was 17 then and I didn’t see a hotdog vendor in this video, they were definitely there!!!!!! Thank you for this! MY HOME TOWN ! I❤️NYC no other city like it!!!!!!!

[@mmcdonald1000]

My parents used to drive me and my sister to W42nd Times Square at night to see the buildings lit up. It was so pretty 😄

[@hectorlopez1069]

I was 1 years old in 87. I was born in 86. You can see phones that were not cellphones, but wireless and landline phones. There's calculators, cameras, and other classic things from the 80s.

[@Bacchus1983]

I went to New York to visit in late September of 87, and stayed at a hotel on Times Square. This is how i pretty much remember it.

[@MikeJ2023]

Al X I went to New York yesterday stayed for several hours and then went home. Times Square is full of Asian tourist that stop in the middle of a busy crosswalk and hustlers that try to scam you into giving them money for a blank cd.

[@LL-bl8hd]

This era of NY is so iconic... The NYC of Ghostbusters. I went once or twice as a kid, it was amazing to me.

[@RonaldoMexicano]

That dude in the red sweater was killing it back in 87 with moves like that lol

[@ToddMcDurmont]

He was either high or mentally ill or both. And obviously a lot happier than the people around him. But hey, he owned it! He had the moves!

[@noco7243]

Todd McDurmont high on life, man

[@christines6386]

I was 1 years old in 1987. I'm 34 years old now and I enjoy watching the old videos of NYC.

[@Neillan]

4:21 Peep the 2019 reference. When this video was uploaded, that was roughly 3 years away and this very comment was posted roughly three years after that. How time flies!

[@dwilsonuk1]

I was 4 when this was shot. Had no idea this place even existed at the time yet it hits me right in the nostalgia gland! Odd how everyone’s being suggested this video in May 2020

[@JohnnyT002]

At the 8:25 mark I seen my old place of employment Nathan's . I worked there on the weekends from 7:00 P.M. to 11:00 P.M. on Friday and then on Saturday and Sunday it was from 7:00 P.M. till closing time. After cleaning I was out by 3:00A.M.

[@MUSTAFASABREE]

Good, Bad or Ugly , I'll always love my hometown New York. I was just 3 years out of The High School of Art & Design in 1987.

[@jermainecornelius7193]

Man, it's wild that I know someone in New Orleans that looks a lot like you.

[@diegobenito751]

4:20 it's the year 2019 "The Running Man" is the deadly game and no one has ever survived.

[@ElzyElz]

I was born the month after! December 1987. Time flies so fast.

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

Thanks for posting this time capsule!

[@alexzais1935]

Tsetsi I want you.

[@shadowfilm7980]

What’s funny is seeing how BIG everything was back then. Huge compared to now. All the tech. Answering machines! OMG! 😂

[@ToddMcDurmont]

You'll notice that I zoomed in on a Sony answering machine. THAT was my answering machine back then! LOL!

[@stevehansen932]

The stuff you could buy in the 80's was so much fun. Now, we get a $1,000 cell phone. meh....

[@mariebernier3076]

Fake I.D.s, I remember that.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

The OG Nintendo Entertainment System was $89 in 1987.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

Commodore 64 and Amiga. Also Apple II.

[@Pretermit_Sound]

Yeah, so you can watch videos of people in the 1980s buying fun stuff. It’s not ironic, it’s not. Is it? Lol 😂

[@fleadoggreen9062]

Boom box !

[@timsummers870]

Today there seems to be a heck of a lot more tourists on the streets in relation to business people compared to 1987, especially tourists from other countries.

[@Galidorquest]

Probably less tourists in the 80's since NYC had a bad reputation back then. The 80's was also the peak of Wall Street.

[@davidblack6726]

I was 18 yrs old in 87, and 42.st was my playground

[@juliashar]

I was 20

[@Zeldafan1ify]

I can only imagine christmas in times square in the 80s.. makes me shed a tear, knowing i will never experience it

[@TechGrl18]

This is incredible! It’s funny in the first scene of the window of the electronics store everything that’s on display in the window is now part of our smart phones.

[@hectorlopez1069]

That's unbelievable!

[@hectorlopez1069]

They were not expensive at the time in 87.

[@hectorlopez1069]

Everything was a fair price. I wish I could go back to the 80s were Everything was not that expensive, like it is today.

[@brevedosvecesbueno539]

Wooaa. People on the street. That's so 80's...

[@danielgolus4600]

7:19 - When this video was made, Michael Jackson had the #1 album on Billboard, "Bad". The label his record was on, Epic, along with Columbia, is just sold to SONY, as the electronic news flash says.

[@nyangel515]

To this day, the moment you step off the subway, you could hear the sirens of emergency vehicles rushing by, cars honking and the smell of vendor cart pretzels and hotdogs.😊

[@ToddMcDurmont]

That's the way it really was! Not the sterilized Disney version of today.

[@hectorlopez1069]

And phone booths were in every corner.

[@Refuse2Lose33]

Ah yes, I can smell the car exhaust, cigarette smoke, and urine from here. Some things change but Times Square doesn't.

[@emmanuelledaavila8321]

This was the month and year I was born. Wow the 80s were amazing.

[@dianv2218]

They were indeed!

[@kevindube7096]

I feel the same way 😂 all three years of them that I was alive for & barely any of which I remember

[@stevenpeterson8613]

November 1987!! I thought we were gonna see Steve Martin and Kevin Bacon both racing for the same cab

[@dojocho1894]

I worked on Wall Street at this time it was a amazing time to be in the City......its all gone now.

[@axldandy8280]

You must have done a ton of coke

[@robertvelezgarcia7501]

Thank you!! I love this video. I would have liked to go to New York at this time, but I was 3 years old.

[@chocolatestarfish7053]

I was born in 85 I vaguely remember 1989 and nineties were the best

[@sandraperez2238]

The music! 😂😂😂 I can’t haha

[@alxbatista]

1989 I got to go to NYC it was amazing I got to tour the roof of the World trade center on a guided tour for our 8th grade class trip and here is the kicker I tossed a Starburst off the roof true story.

[@joericci4094]

That was you?

[@alxbatista]

@@joericci4094 lol