This is unedited footage from visit to New York in June 1998. No music. All original sounds of the city. I bought the video camera towards the end of my holiday.
Refreshing to see NYC with not one person staring into their phone while walking, no camera surveillance and no war on terror, wish I could relive 1998 again just for a week
A few years prior to this footage the United States and Britain were bombing the shit out of Iraq based on a false testimony (Google the 'Nayirah testimony'). It should have been the awakening for many, but unfortunately that wouldn't come until 1) Wikileaks and Assange hit the scene and 2) Trump took office. Not even WTC-7 suddenly collapsing into freefall could prevent the American public seeking revenge on the boogey man 'Bin Laden.' Yes times were MUCH better due to a functioning society that didn't resemble a generation of mentally ill 'Tik-Tokkers', but the deep rooted evil in American politics and their need to destabilise the Middle East was alive and kicking.
and its not bright now? lmao have u been to times square, i wasnt even a month old when this video was taken but i've been to nyc recently and its lit up 24/7 with ads, restaurant signs, upcoming promotions, etc , i think its just the nostalgia hitting you
I love the the 90s. I grew up watching the best movies, cartoons, and played with the best toys! The things we've experienced back then are just a memory that'll always be remembered.
@@MarmaladeSally Not necessarily. I can objectively say the 90s were good - people weren't yet completely uptight about everything. Political correctness didn't dominate media. There was just enough technology to make stuff interesting, like the early Internet. Cars looked better. Music was listenable. People weren't buried in their phones. The 90s had a feel - just like the 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, 40s - all of those decades had a feel with distinct styles. The 2000s - not so much. 2010s? No. Now? Definitely not. It feels like a lot of cultural identity has been lost.
Bro, it’s literally the same today, you’re all just being nostalgic lol! Except for 911, the city’s soul and everything remains the same with the exception of a few new skyscrapers
@@mml1426 I've never even been to New York and I can tell it's not the same anymore. I'd love to live in the old NYC for a couple of years, but now it's filled with influencers and gentrified neighborhoods. 😒
I wish I lived in NYC in the late 90s. In 1998, I was 9 years old and living in Illinois. I visited NYC for the first time in the summer of 1999 with my family. I moved to NYC at 18 in 2007 for college. I’m still living in NYC, after 14 years. In 2021, NYC doesn’t seem the same to me anymore. We are definitely living in weird and crazy times.
I was born in the late 60s and enjoyed the 70s, 80s, and 90s. To me, the 90s was the last great decade. Thank you for this great time capsule video. I was actually in NYC for work in 1998, though I can't recall which month. It was hot and humid, so it could have even been the same time this video was captured. It's neat to look 25 years into the past and think that you and I might have even passed each other on the street as you were filming.
"To me, the 90s was the last great decade." For NYC residents, the early years of the 1990's were definitely not great. There was a crack epidemic in the city and violent crime was rampant. Crime only began to subside beginning in the mid 90's.
@@OrkoSukisuki alcohol? Who is talking about alcohol? The peak of the crack epidemic in America was the early 1990's and it led to crime rates peaking in big cities like NYC. Sure, it was great in your suburb, but the fact is the early years of the 90's for NYC were not so good.
@@johnyossarian9059 Compare that "crack" epidemic with problems alcohol cause and you maybe get the point. Media loves to scare people with these "epidemics".
In 1998 I was 9 in 4th grade living in my home town of Los Angeles, I definitely agree with you life was way better back in the 90s. 1998 was a great year, I was playing Pokemon red and trading pokemon cards at school lol great times!!
I miss my city. The noise, the hustle and bustle, the adrenalin rush of moving quickly through the city streets to get to work from the train station, or get to the train station to get back home; running quickly to the pizza shop to pick up lunch, (eating it in Bryant Park, if it was a nice day, or right on the front steps of the NYPL); or forgoing lunch, and shopping at Macy's, Lord & Taylor, Benetton or the Gap; going to the theater, MSG... Looking forward to the day that we can take those activities for granted again
I'm so glad I could at least be born and spend my child hood there from the beginning til the end of the 90s. Even though I was a kid I have sooo many great memories there. Wish I never left but my parents moved us to Florida a few years after 9/11. Still visit NYC and it's changed a lot from the 90s. I liked it better then. There was a lot more people. It had a certain charm. Now it seems like a big shopping mall.
I was 13, about to turn 14 in a month. Great memories in my city. Born in Bellevue Hospital, raised in Spanish Harlem, live in the Upper East Side. Love my NYC
honestly I have to say..im only 19 years old and was born in 1998 but I wish every second that I could experience/grow up in the 80's and 90's. Mostly the 90's. I hate the way society is now a days. everyone glued to there phone screens, and not communicating like regular people. It really is a shame, the 90's was the last great decade. It kills me I wasn't able to experience it. I definitely grew up in the wrong decade.
Well...I’ll tell you: I was born in 1998 too, 4 months before this video was taken. I completely agree with you. I’m too young to remember the 90’s but I feel so proud to be a 90’s kid by just 2 years. You know what? I have a great interest for old cassette tapes and I stil listen to some old tapes I have in my house every now and then. It’s cool! I love it! 😍
@Claudia Ficicchia: Here, since you love Cassette Tapes so much, here's a great classic from the 80's (I know you love the 90's more) with plenty of Cassette's! Enjoy: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cXQ3aJR_fUg.html
0:01 Carnegie Hall (57th and Seventh Ave), 0:34 Central Park, 1:41 Midtown, 57th St, 4:38 Plaza Hotel, site of "Friends" opening fountain, 11:22 WTC from Circleline boat, 13:40 United Nations from East River, 13:55 helicopter footage
The first time i went to NYC was in 1998, labor day weekend. Its was a sweet 16 birthday big family trip to celebrate my 16th birthday and my Dad's 50's.
I was 29 years old in 1998 and young people back then worried only about one thing - finding Mr or Mrs Right! It was all about love and relationships because the world was at peace. The biggest tragedies were Princess Diana's death and JFK Kennedy Jr's death a year later. Other than that, life was great and NYC was thriving and safe. The economy was doing great. Few cell phones, no social media, no wars and lots of good music and movies.
I'm in my late 40s now, born and raised in NYC and still living there today. This video is a month after I returned to the city after graduating from college, and right around this time I was frantically trying to find my first real full-time job. It would take two more months to eventually land a 9-5 office job working at a magazine publisher, but man do I remember walking up and down these streets wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase -- going from interview to interview. Even though it was a rough time for me, I fondly wish I could return to this time when the city was so exciting and full of life and possibilities! I truly miss the way things were then--in my early 20s--and before 9/11 happened. Such a different vibe compared to the years that followed 2001. Thanks for the memories! Incidentally, the corner of 57th and 7th Ave where most of this was filmed is where my dentist of 18 years has his office. LOL! So I'm extremely familiar with this stretch! It's amazing how much has changed compared to how it looks today. Although some old standouts are still there. The BK Diner for one; and of course, Carnegie Hall. I was just there for a concert a few months back. I love this city!
The most difference that i notice between then and now (2017) is how less crowded streets were back then. Not only with traffic but pedestrians as well.
For a Baltimorean like me, there is no place like New York. It's basically a second home for me since my relatives reside in East Queens. 90's & early 2000's was the life. Haven't been back since 2015 but "the city is still the city" no matter the era.
indiana jones security everywhere is so much more intense than it used to be, in first world countries at least. Everyone saw what terrorists are capable of and everyone stepped up their security and it motivated terrorists to take it to the next level as well. Any first world country today will feel significantly more militarized and tense than it used to in the years prior to 9/11.
Nothing better than a video capturing time and freezing it. It’s such a weird thought to think this was a real day and time that is now captured and shared here for us all to see many years later. Trying to think what I would’ve been doing that day. I was 11 school is out so I was probably riding my bike with friends.
Thanks for sharing. Seeing the WTC was bittersweet. I had a lot of good memories there, as well as riding in the old Crown Vics and Chevy Caprice cabs.
I was only 3 then but i would give anything go back to being a kid then.... to me things were soo pure... and carefree. Sucks that time goes so fast and you can never get it back. I’m learning to cherish every moment i have with my son because one day i won’t be able to hold him and do fun things with him anymore and these things will all just be memories for him and I. Cherish the moments❤️
Good old times no social media no Twitter no facebook when play station and 64 was popular at the time the 990s is so much better then today stuff period
I just graduated HS. This looks so old. Time sure does fly by. Need to not take anything for granted. I sure miss those days. Music was great and videos were on MTV and VH1 unlike today reality tv
I went to NYC with my family in August of 1998 and took pictures of the Empire State building and the New York City skyline on a boat tour and saw the beautiful Twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Brooklyn bridge and went everywhere with my young cousin. Went back again in 1998 in November on a plane and landed at JFK airport. Beautiful memories in the city in 1998.
Back when I was born in year 1998, I did not know what New York City look like. Full of cities, cars, humans, and even what the world look like when I was a baby and can't talk. Thanks for uploading the memories of NY, June 1998.
@@daniko4447for me i was born in 2010 In Nyc But i didt see the world trade center only my older brother saw it since 1998 or 1999 he was born in 1993 in nyc
These types of videos are cool because they're rather rare from the 90's or before. Many didn't do these prior to 2005 (when RU-vid began), because there was really nowhere to share it.
Yea cameras where quite big back then and you had to buy blank tapes videos from before the 90s are way rarer its very hard to find videos from before the 60s.
@@qewfsdsd65445 You've got it backwards, bro. You're probably just trolling for a reaction, but I'll humor you. So for starters, in 2005, many people (including myself, at the age of 9, and my out-of-touch, middle-aged parents) hadn't heard of video-hosting sites. I never even heard the word RU-vid before until 2007 from the song "What Is It" by Baby Bash where he says "Dancing on RU-vid". And at the age of 11, I didn't care to search for it because I assumed it was either a _ site or an alternative to MySpace. It wasn't until January 2009 when my friend got me interested in RU-vid because it had footage for cheats of my favorite video game. And in 2009, RU-vid was still kind of primitive and MySpace-like, and it lacked many songs & music videos. So it's impossible that RU-vid would've peaked in 2005, the year of its launch. It was popular, but nowhere near as popular as it is today. Also, more people around the world today have access to high-speed internet on practically almost any device than they did in 2005. RU-vid today is a powerhouse search engine, you can find almost anything on here. Practically almost every able human being on earth today visits RU-vid. Even more senior citizens who aren't tech-savvy are starting to use RU-vid in recent years. RU-vid and the internet today is more popular than television, that's why it's infested with advertisements. 'Cause companies need to be seen by the masses. Even if some people are 'leaving' RU-vid due to it becoming commercialized, it's not gonna make much of an impact. No other video-hosting site will *ever* become more popular than RU-vid, it's too big of a powerhouse in today's world to ever collapse. It has too much content. RU-vid's popularity can only increase as more senior citizens and people in developing countries discover the internet and video-hosting sites.
i moved to manhattan with my family when i was 10 a month after this was shot, i love how simultaneously familiar and far away this feels. i wish there were more neighborhood-y versions of these videos, i know why they're all of touristy places since why film your walk to work or school, but after the first year we avoided going anywhere near times square
This was when I took my first ever vacation as a kid with my family, 7 Years old at the time. We went to Staten Island and Manhattan. Daaaaamn time flies by.....
Came to nyc to go college was 18 from africa. Moved to Philadelphia after that i remember hopping on the greyhound and go visit my sister in nyc 1998, was going to st Joseph s université in pa, moved to the mid south since nearly brought me to tears so many memories time flies. Was 18 now 38 usa became my new home since. Oh life, thx for the video
Arguably the best year of my life. I was 26, great relationship, parents were alive, was making very good money, bought my first home, paid off my truck and bought a Harley. Sad thing is, you knew he was going to show the twin towers. RIP Andrew
Hey I was 26 and that year was probably my best too! I went to New York in May 1998 - the only time I was in New York or the US. Went on to Australia and had a great time (from UK originally). Life felt so free and easy back then.
2010s was way worse in the 2000s you had some shit music and 911 but the rise of the proper internet (90s internet was a joke) made up for it now in this decade we have all the bad things about the 2000s but we also have insane politics with bad ideas from the early 1900s being resurrected movies are way worse now many video games are being ruined by micro transactions and unnecessary forced online.
Liam Blackman exactly man, if this video was to be taken today more than half the people in the video would have their heads down, looking at their phones..
Snaziko I am fairly sure/certain that at least some of them are deaed fr om the 9/11 terrorist attack, don't you think? I mean some of them were in the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center up on the higher floors.
I can’t believe you got the Brooklyn diner. It’s still one of the best breakfast spots like it was back then. I was a kid moving from Italy to a foster home on Long Island in 2000. The first time I came to the us was in 1998 though in may stayed in Manhattan In Tribeca through til august. I remember I experienced the fire works…it’s crazy that we can go back in time like this.
i left NYC on the last months of 1997 so by the year after I was in California that same year and month of this video the best years of my life would begin
Thanks for the nice video! I lived in New York City for 5 years starting in 1989, so I recognize some of the scenes in this video. I am also making a documentary about New York City in the early 90's, so I found your video very interesting.
those were them days G no beards women without any make up etc weirdos nowdays are stupid as fuck they dont make them this badass anymore like in the old days
I was born on this month. My mom is actually from Queens.. it looked so nice compared to now. I wasn't born in New York sadly, but I still uphold the fact some of my family was born and raised there.
eldo59 I think apart from the Checker cabs of earlier times, the 90s was the best time for New York taxis. Nowadays there's such a mix, there isn't really an iconic cab anymore. And when the last Crown Vics go in a year or so, it will be lost forever.
To Infiniti, And Beyond I wish I was around to see the Checker cabs. '81 or '82 was the last production year. I believe the last ones went out around '86 or '87. By the time I was born.
AWW I grew up in NY up until the mid June of 1998, the time this video took place. I was almost 7...that was the last time I was there. Can't believe that was 20 years ago.
The last decade when NYC was still a vibrant, amazing city. Visited in 1997 after an absence of over 10 years and noticed how much the city had been cleaned up since the 80’s. I’ve been to NYC many many times since I was a teenager in the 70’s but after my last visit in 2018 Won’t be going back as it’s totally lost it’s soul and character.
Funny, I visited in 2019 for the first time since I left Brooklyn in 1999 and Brooklyn Heights, Flatbush, Bowery, and the Village were pretty much the same. Some neighborhoods have changed a lot, but some not much at all.
