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A Look Back At Some Of Our Favorite Photos Of Old New York

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Jen Carlson

Published Mar 19, 2012

Modified Mar 19, 2012

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This is hands down one of our favorite images of old New York, albeit also a depressing one. This lone brownstone was located at 215 East 68th Street, and in 1959 was about to be demolished for a future development. The brownstone also has a Hollywood history—director of the 1960 film Bells Are Ringing, Vincente Minnelli, "wanted some establishing shots of New York, including an exterior of the shabby building... He was having no luck finding the right location, until he saw a picture in Life magazine of a lone brownstone standing in the middle of a razed block on East 68th Street."

 

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For many years we've been looking back at Old New York, sometimes before we were even born, in our Flashback series. Here are a few of our favorites, worth revisiting.

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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.

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