Yale Truck, 12th Avenue and 40th Street (Scan from June 1981)

New York, Then and Now (1981 and 2024 ish)

Reminiscence of a holiday to New York in June 1981.
Looking at Google Earth, Wikipedia and other sources what has changed around 43 years later ?
Original pictures can be seen in the Album, New York 1981.
www.ipernity.com/doc/2254674/album/1200326

19 Feb 2025

21 visits

Looking south across Columbus Circus with Broadway to the left and 8th Avenue to the right (Scan from June 1981)

Looking south across Columbus Circus with Broadway to the left and 8th Avenue to the right (Scan from June 1981) The building on the far side of the island is 2 Columbus Circle and now the Museum of Arts and Design. The original design by Edward Durell Stone first opened in 1956. Redesigned in 2008.

19 Feb 2025

15 visits

Looking along Central Park West From Columbus Circus (Scan from June 1981)

The first building on the left is now in The Trump International Hotel and Tower and was originally the Gulf and Western Building: in the mid 1990s it was renovated by Trump.

20 Feb 2025

12 visits

Looking south along 8th Avenue from Columbus Circle (Scan from June 1981)

Looking south along 8th Avenue from Columbus Circle (Scan from June 1981) On the right of the 1981 picture is Mamma Leone's one of New York's beloved Italian restaurants. Founded in 1906 and closed its doors in 1994. It had moved to Midtown Manhattan in 1941

20 Feb 2025

16 visits

Looking south along 8th Avenue from Columbus Circus (Scan from June 1981)

Looking south along 8th Avenue from Columbus Circus (Scan from June 1981) On the right of the 1981 picture is Mamma Leone's one of New York's beloved Italian restaurants. Founded in 1906 and closed its doors in 1994 It had moved to Midtown Manhattan in 1941
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