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

    September 29, 2016 | 10:59 AM
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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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