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Videos: A Subway Ride To Coney Island In 1987
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Jen Carlson
Published Aug 20, 2012
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So many 1980s subway videos are popping up lately—this morning we saw a fantastical one starring dance routines with Raquel Welch, and now we've got some real footage, starring Michael Musto. The uploader writes: "Nelson, photographer Liz Lizard and her family, Michael Musto and Albert Crudo take the subway from Union Square to Coney Island on June 20, 1987." It provides some great shots of what the subway looked like that year, graffiti and all.
Here's some more action on the bee ride:
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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