1980s New York City In 37 Startling Photographs – All That’s Interesting

Before Carrie Bradshaw and Hannah Horvath, New York was host to the 1980s. And trust us, it wasn’t all that pretty. The 1980s greatly tested New York City’s strength: residents fled the city in record numbers, government mismanagement caused near bankruptcy of the city, and the introduction of crack-cocaine unleashed an unprecedented wave of drug addiction and violence.

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