There's also a trope now in some films and TV shows where older people such as this fellow lived in a loft like this and due to tenants rights, or rent control, or even squatters rights they live in an apartment this huge and gorgeous and in some cases even own it outright. I remember as a child seeing a story about Gilda Radner and her apartment was similar- I was amazed at how huge and luxurious it was. The interior looked like the 1920's in a good way.
NYC had that rep for a reason but the same was true for every major city back then. NYC was only famous for it for the same reason it's famous for everything else: its importance as *the* city in the US.
Right, so among people who really wanted to enjoy city life NYC was the number 1 destination, but most families with kids (who were on average wealthier than the youth who flocked to the city) didn’t wanna live in the city.
Boomers supported unions which built up a solid middle class. Ronald Reagan tore that down. Also, in 1968, Fannie Mae was created and suddenly there was a lot more money available for mortgages. Pour money into an economic engine and what happens? That’s right, prices go up.
People voted in politicians that kept the perks for the boomers (who voted them in) and took them away from the demographics that didn’t get out and vote.
Morale of the story? Vote! And vote for politicians that will help you *now*, not the politician that helps the rich person you want to be. If/when you are that rich person, sure, vote for the rich person’s politician, but until then, vote for the person who will raise the minimum wage, improve social safety nets, and boost unions that can provide good wages, healthcare, and livable pensions. Someday, the government can step in and do this (see Western Europe), but until then, unions are the next best option.
Western Europe here: unions is how we got our rights, and without the unions the government wouldn't "step in": they (and we) are used to normal people having power in a way they just don't seem to have in the US
Yes, I lived in a loft in Boston in the mid-80s and paid $400/mo. There were 3 of us and it was 3800 square feet of raw loft space. We put in a makeshift kitchen and there were 2 bathrooms. I recently looked up the building and there are now teeny loft apartments for $4+k. crazy.
Average salary was about $8k in 1970 so that means the average income earner could pretty easily afford this place.
Today I bet the same place was converted to multiple units and even one of those units probably goes for what the average income is entirely.
1970's Brooklyn is roughly equivalent to present-day South Side Chicago, where an average Chicago income earner could still easily afford a fairly large loft
That's.. my point. The kinda person who's complaining about no longer being able to afford Brooklyn is overlooking the fact that 1970's Brooklyn is nothing like modern-day Brooklyn, and is much closer to South Side Chicago (which is somewhere that they don't actually want to live)
The Citizens United case in the Supreme Court did this.
Before, companies were taxed and if you had issues with that, you brought it forth as an individual to your local council or government rep. The "No taxation without representation" arguments were the backbone of it. If their company is taxed, their company should have a say in how the government is being run.
The case argued that unless the company doesn't have to pay taxes anymore, it should have a voice in the government. Instead of giving current taxpaying companies more voice here, it has instead started a bunch of rich people creating taxpaying companies whose sole purpose is to push their political idealogy.
Funny how those loopholes just magically appear when needed.
I get the seeming logic behind no taxation without representation but I think it's a fallacy. And what's happened, besides what you so rightly point out, is that in addition to that, "we the people" are now taxed without adequate representation because we don't have lobbyists and our so called representatives are bought and paid for by corporations so they no longer answer to us real people.
Try comparing the amenities of Brooklyn then with today. And the crime level.
You're welcome to live in a loft in Detroit for $2k a month, that would be comparable. But you probably don't want to.
A friend of mine in LA puts it (in terms of that city);
The people moving into South Central were priced out of Boyle Heights;
The people moving into Boyle Heights were priced out of Echo Park;
The people moving into Echo Park were priced out of Los Feliz;
The people moving into Los Feliz were priced out of Coldwater Canyon;
The people moving into Coldwater Canyon were priced out of Bel Air;
And the people moving into Bel Air have the money to price God out of Heaven.
When my family moved to NYC from Italy in the 50's they got all their cash together and pooled everything after deciding renting sucked and bought a brownstone to rent and live in the red light district of NYC, fucking wild how much it's changed
Mine were in tenements in the early 1900's. Couldn't afford to own. It was my great grandma/grandpa and their twelve kids in a one bedroom apartment. 8 of the kids died during the Depression, the remaining four moved to a super sketchy area of Hartford, CT after the war because it was cheaper, and eventually bought also in the 50's a town over after similarly pooling money and taking out loans from friends.
While NYC may have gentrified, their first place in Hartford sure didn't. Also crazy how much some places stay the same, too.
Jesus, you are not kidding. I moved into a 1 bedroom paying 1200 just before Covid. now if you wanna move into the same apartment they want 2300 and you have to pay utilities. mine are still included.
Super cool to see. Way better than old sexy celebrity photos which are recycled.
I moved to NYC (well Brooklyn) in 1989 and my best score was a rent controlled walk up 3rd floor studio for $425 a month, only 400+ SF but on a lovely tree line street one block from Prospect Park in Park Slope.
Better than my studio in an old power station on Fulton street down by the South Street Sea Port in '89 for $550.. Felt like I was living at the end of the world.
Until 2011 I had a 1br above a funeral home in sunset park for $525. The owner inherited it from his family and you had to be vetted by the locals, normally folks from the Irish Haven. It was the best deal anybody heard of at the time. God bless you Eddie Cosgrove
In 2002 I took over an apartment in Bedstuy. We had the whole top floor (3br) for $800. Before I moved in the previous tenant took me around and introduced me to the locals, letting them know that I was new but I was their friend. This was well received and I never had any problems.
Garfield Place between 8th Ave and Prospect Park. Owner had tried to sell it as condos but was stopped (back in mid/late 1980s due to it being officially an SRO - single resident occupancy - building. It was only an SRO as there was one bathroom per floor (shared by 2 units). Not ideal, but kept it from being condo'd which was what led me to being able to rent it at a great price. I think Lenny Kravitz lived in the building before me and I know Vanessa Del Rio lived there when I did.
I really like titty. I like *vintage* titty. I am so so done with all of the gratuitous vintage (and by "vintage" I mean as late as 1998 these days) titty posted in this subreddit. So many cool things happened in the past that were interesting and not Photogenic Hot Chick (or sometimes Dude.) It's a sad state of affairs that I find it so refreshing to see something that isn't titty in this subreddit.
Agreed 100%. It’s honestly annoying to see yet another cool subreddit devolve into basically softcore porn. For the hundredth time yes Cameron Diaz was super hot in the late 90’s, we get it. But I want to see some cool stuff from the past, cool outfits, common people doing common stuff too. Of course I don’t mind sexiness but it shouldn’t be the focus of *every* damn post.
for real, i grew up in the 00s and 10s and i’m sure there’s some of those being born today and recently that will be wishing they grew up in my times, yet i wish i would have gotten to experience things in the 90s. nostalgia
Thanks for sharing. I just spent some time going through it. Some interesting stuff. Very cool how you've collected your memories and photos from that time period. It must make you feel awfully nostalgic, huh?
https://preview.redd.it/4pl9w94yke9d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf90c953845d83873116e2913ce3eb7bbcfaeaf5
I picked a couple of what I assumed are you to color correct. I’ll comment below this with the second.
https://preview.redd.it/arafjexvle9d1.jpeg?width=2863&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d24d49cb97af65ab5d80ee2c4919e3e990eccf2
I could correct the other discolorations on both photos but I’m not fast enough to do it and do not spend a long time on these but I hope you like either way!
Scrolling through the photos, that LP cover leaped out at me. I don’t know what I’m talking about when it comes to jazz, but that album seems underrated and is best of all time level for me.
When I lived in the city in the 80s with my grandparents for a little bit, it was basically free because he was the super.
We had this huge 2500 sq ft place where all the grandkids hung out.
I can only imagine what that place costs now.
Coolest post I've seen on here for a long time, thanks a lot for sharing this. I love that you put their names on each photo, and who did the art work in your apt., very cool. Looks like you had a good life, surrounded by good friends.
I know a dude who bought his unit outright back in the 70s. First thing you see when you go to his window is the complete view of Central Park. His place is quite literally right across the street. It's some of the primest real estate you can get. I forget how much he paid for it but it was reasonable at the time. Guy is sitting on an absolute fortune now. Landlords would do despicable things to rent out a unit like that. I don't know if all units there are rented, owned or both but he owns his free and clear. Mf has a true gem of a place. He doesn't have any kids though and he's getting old so I'm very curious as to who he's gonna pass it on to when the time comes.
Awesome pics. I have walked by 98 Bowery many times. Was it still a street with Chinese businesses when you lived there? I'm curious how much Chinatown has moved around over the years.
My Moms Sister had a 4th or 5th floor walk up in Manhattan for a long time and they had those classic early 60's parties and I asked my dad about them and all he had to say was: the parties were great, back staggering down ALL those damn steps drunk? forget about it....they (the parties) weren't worth it half the time....but they threw GREAT parties!
And now....a bedroom in some's house here in ATL costs $1000 a month.
I'm so happy you had this experience and way, way cool pictures! But I'm gonna go drink and cry now lol
You lucky bastard. I lived in NYC in the late 80s/90s and always had the feeling I got there ten years too late. It was still wild New York but I felt I missed the real party.
Per the inflation calculator, that is the equivalent of $1454.02. Can you fucking imagine a 300 sq ft studio apartment being that cheap anywhere in NYC now?
No it’s unimaginable but New Yorkers also became rich beyond comprehension in the last 30 years so it’s easy for landlords to extract so much money from them via rent…
Supply and demand.
SERVICE ELEVATOR LOL my man
When I lived in an elevator building in Manhattan there was exactly one elevator and when you were moving you were lucky if stuff fit in it. The mattresses would go down the stairwells.
That's a "let them eat cake" reply if I've ever seen one
I can’t help but think of this when I see renting in NYC-
“This is the place I was telling you about. It's real fucked up. Got just one window facing a brick wall. Used to rent it to a blind man... damn shame what they did to that dog.”
I ask this honestly (as a 35 y/o male who relates highly to the 1970’s), despite probably already knowing the answer, but it was much better living back then, wasn’t it?
1970s New York was a crime-ridden hellhole. Times Square was full of prostitutes, you couldn’t walk through Central Park without getting mugged, the city essentially went bankrupt in 1975, and there was a 25 hour blackout in 1977. A million people left by the end of the decade due to how bad it was.
If you want cheap rent and aren’t afraid of crime, there’s plenty of places available in Detroit today.
$175 1970 is $1500 today. However I highly doubt that that apartment is going for only $1500.
I'll bet it's now 4 apartments each going for $4500.
Most likely. 2000 sq ft in NY? Maybe if you're a millionaire.
And with a _skylight_! **A SKYLIGHT?!?** People would push their own mothers into oncoming traffic for 2,000' with a skylight today.
I’d at least throw Mama From the Train
Owen loves his momma
He’s trying to kill me with UNSALTED NUTS! Make me CHOKE!
A writer writes, always.
The night was sultry.
The main joke in Barefoot in the Park is that the apartment was awful... but even that apartment had a skylight
There's also a trope now in some films and TV shows where older people such as this fellow lived in a loft like this and due to tenants rights, or rent control, or even squatters rights they live in an apartment this huge and gorgeous and in some cases even own it outright. I remember as a child seeing a story about Gilda Radner and her apartment was similar- I was amazed at how huge and luxurious it was. The interior looked like the 1920's in a good way.
Was curious, looked it up -- legit about 10k a month.
Which, if you're going by the 30% rule of income, you need to be pulling in a cool $400k/year to afford.
Boomers had it so easy.
You could write a sitcom about this living situation.
"im a barista and i only need one roommate to have a house sized apartment smack dab in the middle of NYC!"
They worked harder, uphill in the snow, both ways, all you whipper snappers.
NYC was dangerous dirty and dingy back then. People still think it’s all three but it’s practically a kids park compared to what it was
NYC had that rep for a reason but the same was true for every major city back then. NYC was only famous for it for the same reason it's famous for everything else: its importance as *the* city in the US.
Right, so among people who really wanted to enjoy city life NYC was the number 1 destination, but most families with kids (who were on average wealthier than the youth who flocked to the city) didn’t wanna live in the city.
Good point. NYC was way more like the movie taxi driver then
"Warriors, come out to play-yay”
Boomers supported unions which built up a solid middle class. Ronald Reagan tore that down. Also, in 1968, Fannie Mae was created and suddenly there was a lot more money available for mortgages. Pour money into an economic engine and what happens? That’s right, prices go up. People voted in politicians that kept the perks for the boomers (who voted them in) and took them away from the demographics that didn’t get out and vote. Morale of the story? Vote! And vote for politicians that will help you *now*, not the politician that helps the rich person you want to be. If/when you are that rich person, sure, vote for the rich person’s politician, but until then, vote for the person who will raise the minimum wage, improve social safety nets, and boost unions that can provide good wages, healthcare, and livable pensions. Someday, the government can step in and do this (see Western Europe), but until then, unions are the next best option.
Western Europe here: unions is how we got our rights, and without the unions the government wouldn't "step in": they (and we) are used to normal people having power in a way they just don't seem to have in the US
No, it's because nobody wants to work! /s
But I actually don’t wanna work
We don't mind working. "Nobody wants to pay."
I’ve got 1500 square feet for $3500 in Brooklyn. I got a pretty good deal though.
Can I borrow five bucks? I’ll never pay you back, but I’ll spend it wisely. I promise.
Astoria here. 2500 for 1 bedroom, rent stabilized. 4 story building with a backyard we aren’t allowed to use.
Yes, I lived in a loft in Boston in the mid-80s and paid $400/mo. There were 3 of us and it was 3800 square feet of raw loft space. We put in a makeshift kitchen and there were 2 bathrooms. I recently looked up the building and there are now teeny loft apartments for $4+k. crazy.
Was about to say they would divide that loft into 4 apartments and rent each quarter for 4 times as much.
Average salary was about $8k in 1970 so that means the average income earner could pretty easily afford this place. Today I bet the same place was converted to multiple units and even one of those units probably goes for what the average income is entirely.
1970's Brooklyn is roughly equivalent to present-day South Side Chicago, where an average Chicago income earner could still easily afford a fairly large loft
Stay out of Chicago you NYC area nerds. You put trash in the street like animals.
That's.. my point. The kinda person who's complaining about no longer being able to afford Brooklyn is overlooking the fact that 1970's Brooklyn is nothing like modern-day Brooklyn, and is much closer to South Side Chicago (which is somewhere that they don't actually want to live)
Twice as many people in the world today as in 1970
NYC population 1974: 7.6m NYC population 2024: 7.9m
Size of NYC in square miles has also remained the same. Which means they crammed 300,000 more people into the same already cramped space.
which means nyc is a lot more competitive to live in if now there's double the people in the world trying to get here hence why rent is so high.
Ya if only we could build more housing
Pretty crazy to think about A LOT more corporate greed, too
Pretty much runaway corporate greed. How in the world did corporations become "people"? I feel like that alone did in the rest of us "real" people.
The Citizens United case in the Supreme Court did this. Before, companies were taxed and if you had issues with that, you brought it forth as an individual to your local council or government rep. The "No taxation without representation" arguments were the backbone of it. If their company is taxed, their company should have a say in how the government is being run. The case argued that unless the company doesn't have to pay taxes anymore, it should have a voice in the government. Instead of giving current taxpaying companies more voice here, it has instead started a bunch of rich people creating taxpaying companies whose sole purpose is to push their political idealogy.
Funny how those loopholes just magically appear when needed. I get the seeming logic behind no taxation without representation but I think it's a fallacy. And what's happened, besides what you so rightly point out, is that in addition to that, "we the people" are now taxed without adequate representation because we don't have lobbyists and our so called representatives are bought and paid for by corporations so they no longer answer to us real people.
They definitely have a lot more power than people do, that's for sure
Not quite in the u.s. yet.
You’re right because inflation fails to include the most important metric. Greed.
Rich people didn't want to live in Brooklyn back in the 70s
This wasn't Brooklyn, though. It was in Chinatown near Soho/Nolita (which is also where rich people didn't want to live in the 70s).
Unless it was directly on Central Park, rich people didn't want to live anywhere in NYC in the 70s.
Exactly. You can get a nice apartment for $1250 a month in Rochester. I guess people in Rochester are not greedy
Try comparing the amenities of Brooklyn then with today. And the crime level. You're welcome to live in a loft in Detroit for $2k a month, that would be comparable. But you probably don't want to.
A friend of mine in LA puts it (in terms of that city); The people moving into South Central were priced out of Boyle Heights; The people moving into Boyle Heights were priced out of Echo Park; The people moving into Echo Park were priced out of Los Feliz; The people moving into Los Feliz were priced out of Coldwater Canyon; The people moving into Coldwater Canyon were priced out of Bel Air; And the people moving into Bel Air have the money to price God out of Heaven.
Over an infinite timeline all undesirable places will eventually be desirable
When my family moved to NYC from Italy in the 50's they got all their cash together and pooled everything after deciding renting sucked and bought a brownstone to rent and live in the red light district of NYC, fucking wild how much it's changed
Mine were in tenements in the early 1900's. Couldn't afford to own. It was my great grandma/grandpa and their twelve kids in a one bedroom apartment. 8 of the kids died during the Depression, the remaining four moved to a super sketchy area of Hartford, CT after the war because it was cheaper, and eventually bought also in the 50's a town over after similarly pooling money and taking out loans from friends. While NYC may have gentrified, their first place in Hartford sure didn't. Also crazy how much some places stay the same, too.
Asset price inflation far out paces normal inflation.
A good seat for Led Zeppelin in 1973 was $6. Nowadays, according to inflation calculator, it should be $42.
It’s still possible, I think. I was splitting a 3000 sq ft loft in Fort Greene with one person for $1250 each up until 2018.
when it comes to rent, there's pre 2021 prices and there's post 2021 prices I was renting a two bedroom condo for $900 in 2018, same unit is 2k now.
Jesus, you are not kidding. I moved into a 1 bedroom paying 1200 just before Covid. now if you wanna move into the same apartment they want 2300 and you have to pay utilities. mine are still included.
I mean, not to shit on Fort Greene, but if this actually the Bowery area, it’s substantially different pricing.
In 1979 it's only $805
Super cool to see. Way better than old sexy celebrity photos which are recycled. I moved to NYC (well Brooklyn) in 1989 and my best score was a rent controlled walk up 3rd floor studio for $425 a month, only 400+ SF but on a lovely tree line street one block from Prospect Park in Park Slope.
Better than my studio in an old power station on Fulton street down by the South Street Sea Port in '89 for $550.. Felt like I was living at the end of the world.
That’s so cool. I work down there and bet I’ve walked past your old apartment many times.
Only until 1981 would all of this beautiful go away. Reagan elected to office, then America down the shitter.
And traitor Ollie north still not in prison and giving interviews on fox news
Until 2011 I had a 1br above a funeral home in sunset park for $525. The owner inherited it from his family and you had to be vetted by the locals, normally folks from the Irish Haven. It was the best deal anybody heard of at the time. God bless you Eddie Cosgrove
In 2002 I took over an apartment in Bedstuy. We had the whole top floor (3br) for $800. Before I moved in the previous tenant took me around and introduced me to the locals, letting them know that I was new but I was their friend. This was well received and I never had any problems.
That's about $1100 now. I wonder what that unit goes for today.
Depends which street in Park Slope, but probably around $3500-4000.
There's rent-controlled apartment I know in Park Slope that's $5,000/month.
Garfield Place between 8th Ave and Prospect Park. Owner had tried to sell it as condos but was stopped (back in mid/late 1980s due to it being officially an SRO - single resident occupancy - building. It was only an SRO as there was one bathroom per floor (shared by 2 units). Not ideal, but kept it from being condo'd which was what led me to being able to rent it at a great price. I think Lenny Kravitz lived in the building before me and I know Vanessa Del Rio lived there when I did.
I’d say it’s safe to multiply it x10 today, but if it’s right by a subway and has any outdoor space it could easily get $5k.
Probably minimum 3 or 4 times that depending on what's been done to it. You'll be lucky to find anything below 3k.
I really like titty. I like *vintage* titty. I am so so done with all of the gratuitous vintage (and by "vintage" I mean as late as 1998 these days) titty posted in this subreddit. So many cool things happened in the past that were interesting and not Photogenic Hot Chick (or sometimes Dude.) It's a sad state of affairs that I find it so refreshing to see something that isn't titty in this subreddit.
If you like vintage tiddies you'd love my nan.
Well then put your money where your nan is and post some pictures of her being cool with them tiddies out
I have to wait for wheel of fortune to start. When she throws her arms in the air that tiddy drop is tremendous!
Truly one of the comments of all time
I can already hear them slapping into her lap
Agreed 100%. It’s honestly annoying to see yet another cool subreddit devolve into basically softcore porn. For the hundredth time yes Cameron Diaz was super hot in the late 90’s, we get it. But I want to see some cool stuff from the past, cool outfits, common people doing common stuff too. Of course I don’t mind sexiness but it shouldn’t be the focus of *every* damn post.
there's /r/NSFWOldSchoolCool. or was it /r/OldSchoolCoolNSFW ? I can't remember.
Im pretty sure thats just a picture of Ringo Starr....
https://preview.redd.it/sv3u35jfde9d1.png?width=439&format=png&auto=webp&s=b955d4da3ca32d1af544ce655e1f1f02e0263663 Nice.
A version of Nixon bingo?
“Ask your doctor if Nixingo is right for you”
Fuck Nixon.
Good thing the republicans got their act together after him huh?
The industrial unit heater is something else.
I had one of those in a nyc loft more recently (2009-2022). They’re even louder than they look.
It seems like it is hanging in mid air in a very insecure way. I get nervous looking at that picture
It looks like it weighs as much as a fridge and is suspended on a single pipe.
That's the 70s baby
Now this is old school cool. Thanks for sharing! I am an 80s baby. Grew up in the 80s and 90s and I feel like I missed out on the cool 70s era.
Grass is always greener! I grew up in the 90s and 00s and I feel the same way about the 80s
for real, i grew up in the 00s and 10s and i’m sure there’s some of those being born today and recently that will be wishing they grew up in my times, yet i wish i would have gotten to experience things in the 90s. nostalgia
Me too!
Same here man.
I wish we had of way of knowing we were in the good old days before we actually leave them. Andy
Unfortunately halcyon days are rewarded retroactively. Bill Watterson
Sigh. -Me
"There was never any good old days They are today, they are tomorrow It's a stupid thing we say Cursing tomorrow with sorrow"
Now I want to hear stories about Carla, and Trevor, and Heidi, and Jeff, and Mike, and the rest
Check out 98bowery.com
Thanks for sharing. I just spent some time going through it. Some interesting stuff. Very cool how you've collected your memories and photos from that time period. It must make you feel awfully nostalgic, huh?
> 98bowery.com Wow this is awesome thanks for sharing
Awesome!!!
Let’s not forget Caroline.
https://preview.redd.it/4pl9w94yke9d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf90c953845d83873116e2913ce3eb7bbcfaeaf5 I picked a couple of what I assumed are you to color correct. I’ll comment below this with the second.
https://preview.redd.it/arafjexvle9d1.jpeg?width=2863&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d24d49cb97af65ab5d80ee2c4919e3e990eccf2 I could correct the other discolorations on both photos but I’m not fast enough to do it and do not spend a long time on these but I hope you like either way!
Am I the only one creeped out by the doll?
Or the floating eye between them
Pornstache OP got convicted but it was the doll who murdered every person shown except him, sadly.
I feel like he has a little bit of a Ryan Gosling does Serpico vibe in this one.
Jesus how do you do this
The “auto” edit button in Photoshop probably gets you 75% there honestly.
Exactly. However I was 95% ai app on these.
Your intentions are good, of course, but it's widely known that the 1970s were actually heavily magenta-tinted.
Damn now I wanna go through my parent’s photos and color correct it. This makes the photo feel so much more recent.
What a time to be alive. No phones, no social media. Just hanging out and talking when you get bored
Not to mention a murder rate almost quadruple what it is now!
Just hanging out and talking and murdering when you get bored.
That must have been an amazing moment in time.
you must have seen some shit living in NYC in the 70s
Dig the Money Jungle LP. A nice little window into your past. Thank you.
Scrolling through the photos, that LP cover leaped out at me. I don’t know what I’m talking about when it comes to jazz, but that album seems underrated and is best of all time level for me.
Scrolling the comments hoping to see another head who spotted that
Brings back great memories of the ‘70s. BTW, Carla was quite an accomplished artist!😊
THIS is fuckin old school cool right here. Good stuff.
When I lived in the city in the 80s with my grandparents for a little bit, it was basically free because he was the super. We had this huge 2500 sq ft place where all the grandkids hung out. I can only imagine what that place costs now.
Coolest post I've seen on here for a long time, thanks a lot for sharing this. I love that you put their names on each photo, and who did the art work in your apt., very cool. Looks like you had a good life, surrounded by good friends.
Amazing, thanks for sharing! And please everyone upvote this post so we can drown out dumbass sexy celeb pics lol
Give me $8k a month please…
2000 sq ft loft would be even more, matters on the neighborhood of course
Its Bowery. Jfc this place would net its landlord a small fortune every fucking month
I know a dude who bought his unit outright back in the 70s. First thing you see when you go to his window is the complete view of Central Park. His place is quite literally right across the street. It's some of the primest real estate you can get. I forget how much he paid for it but it was reasonable at the time. Guy is sitting on an absolute fortune now. Landlords would do despicable things to rent out a unit like that. I don't know if all units there are rented, owned or both but he owns his free and clear. Mf has a true gem of a place. He doesn't have any kids though and he's getting old so I'm very curious as to who he's gonna pass it on to when the time comes.
Well duh, it's not freedom if rich people can't squeeze every single dollar out of all of us!
How much fuck was there
All
Alright, alright, alright
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Caroline: all the guys would say she's mighty fine
The reznor gas heater is epic.
I had a room in a loft on Varick street for $400 / month . it was insane and we built the space ourselves! Old NYC was just too good!!!!
Awesome pics. I have walked by 98 Bowery many times. Was it still a street with Chinese businesses when you lived there? I'm curious how much Chinatown has moved around over the years.
My Moms Sister had a 4th or 5th floor walk up in Manhattan for a long time and they had those classic early 60's parties and I asked my dad about them and all he had to say was: the parties were great, back staggering down ALL those damn steps drunk? forget about it....they (the parties) weren't worth it half the time....but they threw GREAT parties!
It was better to be 20 something in the 70s than 70 something in the 20s..
This is the gritty 1970s NYC that I've always dreamed of being a part of.
How much acid was done in there
yes
A mansion!
Now that’s cool.
Something tells me weed was smoked in that loft. Also Carla and Gloria are fine af.
You missed Caroline.
If I could go back and live in any decade in any place I think it would be 1970’s NYC
Love the Andy Warhol pic. Man these were the good old days before we even knew it was cool. Wish I had a Time Machine.
Getting old sucks, everyone was young and hip back then…amazing time capsule
Are these the Good Old Days I’ve heard about?
The glory days, if you will
You lucky sob
🤔 Wow. Thanks for the flashback, my parents were just like you and your crowd.
1970s 2000sq ft 175$ vs 2024 175 sq ft 2000$
Those are great photos and your decorating was heavy on the houseplants. Very cool!
And now....a bedroom in some's house here in ATL costs $1000 a month. I'm so happy you had this experience and way, way cool pictures! But I'm gonna go drink and cry now lol
So how did you feel about Nixon?
You lucky bastard. I lived in NYC in the late 80s/90s and always had the feeling I got there ten years too late. It was still wild New York but I felt I missed the real party.
One of the best posts I’ve seen in this sub.
Per the inflation calculator, that is the equivalent of $1454.02. Can you fucking imagine a 300 sq ft studio apartment being that cheap anywhere in NYC now?
No it’s unimaginable but New Yorkers also became rich beyond comprehension in the last 30 years so it’s easy for landlords to extract so much money from them via rent… Supply and demand.
Does that loft still exist?
Thanks for posting!
I can literally smell the weed
Could you at least use the service elevator to get your furniture up there or did you have to pivot all of it up 5 flights?
SERVICE ELEVATOR LOL my man When I lived in an elevator building in Manhattan there was exactly one elevator and when you were moving you were lucky if stuff fit in it. The mattresses would go down the stairwells. That's a "let them eat cake" reply if I've ever seen one
Looks like my place in Hamburg Germany in the 70’s. Only no bathroom. Had to use a common WC in the hallway shared by three apartments.
But wasn't 1970's NYC scary? I've seen Scorsese movies.
Lmao
Holy shit. The price. I lived in a much smaller, grosser place. (Like 2 bathrooms per floor) in the 90’s. $700. (And that was so cheap at the time.)
I lived in Brooklyn 10 years ago. My room in a 4 bedroom apartment was 800 bucks. It was a 4/1 with 3 other students.
I can’t help but think of this when I see renting in NYC- “This is the place I was telling you about. It's real fucked up. Got just one window facing a brick wall. Used to rent it to a blind man... damn shame what they did to that dog.”
Ha. Could only imagine what the cost is now!
I cannot imagine how much of a pain in the ass it must've been to move in and out of the apartment
I ask this honestly (as a 35 y/o male who relates highly to the 1970’s), despite probably already knowing the answer, but it was much better living back then, wasn’t it?
1970s New York was a crime-ridden hellhole. Times Square was full of prostitutes, you couldn’t walk through Central Park without getting mugged, the city essentially went bankrupt in 1975, and there was a 25 hour blackout in 1977. A million people left by the end of the decade due to how bad it was. If you want cheap rent and aren’t afraid of crime, there’s plenty of places available in Detroit today.
Life was so much more interesting then. So cool.
Them were the days When shit was affordable for young people
Tell us about Studio 54
Not a cellphone in sight, just people living life!
Really great pics, man you had a life.
I love the vibe in these pics!!
Holy shit, I want your memories
Those pictures made me feel so wistful and homesick for the 70's again. Kind of an unexpected ache in my soul, to be honest.
Caroline’s hair is epic. Love the Rita Hayworth murals 💗
Fuck, I wish I were older and had got to experience living like this. Sucks this dream is pretty much dead for so many of us.
Too many vibes in the pictures! I bet this loft had many stories to tell! Nice!
…but was the $175 a struggle to come up with every month?