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THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE COLORFUL UPPER WEST SIDERS OF THE 1980’S

September 29, 2016 | 10:59 AM
in ART, HISTORY
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Stephen Harmon has so many wonderful photos of Upper West Siders that he took in the 80’s (and other decades). He’s shared a few more with us below. (See if you can find the historic P&G Bar).

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dannyboy
dannyboy
10 years ago

Stephen Harmon’s lens is Love

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Lulu
Lulu
10 years ago

Looks very similar. Nice!

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Jose L. Rodriguez
Jose L. Rodriguez
10 years ago

The old man sitting with a big beard looks like David Letterman in retirement.

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allie
allie
10 years ago

Nice pics, but pictures of those people could have been from almost anywhere in the 1980s. More pics of the buildings and stores that are and aren’t still around would’ve been more interesting to me.

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Steven
Steven
10 years ago

The guy in the first picture looks like a cross between Abe Beame and Liberace.

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Mquilter
Mquilter
10 years ago

Still miss P&G bar.

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WombatNYC
WombatNYC
10 years ago
Reply to  Mquilter

+1
P&G was a wonderful place

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Sam bacco
Sam bacco
10 years ago

I loved it.
so many men wearing hats
How every thing so much.

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Stuart
Stuart
10 years ago

The picture of the two women on the bench with the pizza place behind them in the distance – how I miss that pizza…

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