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Turn On And Tune In To This Video Of The East Village In The 1960s
Here's a 9-minute portal to the past, when the AP documented the hippie takeover of the neighborhood.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
In 1962, They Briefly Put A Bar On This Subway Car
Also: plush carpeting, and other things that have no place in the subway system.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Would I Have Actually Enjoyed Woodstock?
The cinematic retellings, the visions of a bohemian utopia and freewheeling drug campground, that lineup, it's all part of Woodstock's strong mythology. But would I have enjoyed it?
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Is The 1960s World's Fair Underground Home Still There? An Investigation
And yes, we got an answer, finally.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Everyone's So Damn Happy In This 1960s NYC Subway Commercial
A commercial for the special subway to the World's Fair shows people smiling and laughing... on the subway!
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Watch 1960s Staten Island Locals React To "New Town" Plan On Bucolic Shore
Staten Island was becoming a cookie cutter suburbia, and locals didn't like it.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Beautiful Color Photos Capture NYC In 1960
Everything looks like a Hollywood set—colorful, clean, and almost not at all like New York City.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Look Into The Skeleton Of Madison Square Garden In 1966
The skeleton that demolished the beautiful Pennsylvania Station.
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Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Award-Winning 1960s NYC Subway Map Unearthed
A local lawyer won a subway map design competition in the 1960s, and ended up bringing color to future maps.
By
Jen Carlson
Arts & Entertainment
Enter The 1966 Subway System, Through Photographer Danny Lyon's Lens
The MTA has put some rarely seen photos up at the Atlantic Ave-Barclays Center station.
By
Jen Carlson
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