This Is New York, 1950 

Frank G I'm 31 and totally feel the same way. I'm obsessed with the 20th Century in general. It was just such a fascinating century...unlike any other. SO much change. One thing I love...is how each decade has it's own unique aesthetic. The 20s, 50s, 60s, 80s, etc....all FEEL different from each other. There's a different tone/mood/fashion/aesthetic to _everything_ and a romantic beauty to it all.

That's funny what you said Frank. Because I was born in the early 40s in New York City and always had a fascination with the decades before my birth, the 20s and 30s. It must be more common than we think.

***** Hey Vinney. If you like 50s era New York City, you ought to check out the old TV crime show filmed then. It's called "Naked City". You can watch on UTUBE too.

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You wouldn't have a chance unless you were rich is what im guessing. It is new york.

@@yourchronic9219 nice try, but everyone was wearing this.

@Yaboirado I totally agree, I would like it if men stopped being feminine and wore suits and ties again. But my comment on the women's apparel is because in today's society it's not uncommon to see women hardly dressed, in little more than underwear, or just poorly dressed in sweats and tank tops, or something like that. Compared to what we saw in this video it's a world of difference.

@@jimmyboy131 the worst of it is people who don't know how to wear what they call "relics" and what I called new when I was 10. They put the pants in a strange feminine maner 1975 style, instead of what the tailored trousers from 1942 are supposed to be worn in the fashion of all the way down past your socks, belted, and a tucked in shirt, and over dress jacket to marcupiol the main look. For women its far worse..half of them are always overweight with at 2 tattoos..its as though they care more about a stupid message "look how we can wear this, yet couldn't back then" even though it came in sizes 6 to 16, "back then". Just take a gander at the ""vintage"" section of 'Redidiot" or "reddit" for short. They use the word vintage like its a safe code. It is an incredibly vague term, what year of vintage 1999 or 1920? No vintage has and according to the real diction of 1956, it means "Relating to the decade of 100 years prolonged/back." and paints a far easier image, even if you aren't DaVinci.

@Yaboirado it’s not that deep relax you angry feminist

I think every resident of Netherlands has a permanent key to NYC. You guys got the city off on the right foot. Return often !

It was George Bryan. I believe he was a CBS Staff Announcer in NY as well as doing voice-over

@9 Lives And Counting So true.

The same narrator was used repeatedly in various documentaries as they couldn't get new actors due to budget restraints.

that´s the trasatlantic accent

@9 Lives And Counting a tad dramatic

FRANKIESIXTOES you rember anything?

He obviously remembers how to SPELL

FRANKIESIXTOES a little older than my old man

You shouldn't be here. Go and **** y*** *** *****

I live in NYC it's beautiful

No the 1920s to 1940s were more glamorous than the ugly50s

@@marcchevalier3750 unfortunately that is true, the 1930s were the finest years of Manhattan specifically 1933 to 1939 and 1940-1942. 1870 to 1929 were as well fine times. That stupid war ruined what we could have had... Oh and that damn shortage in stocks, purchasing..its because we were buying too rich in 1929, as well as banks trading constantly. But the great depression was not as bad as the War.

@@artdecotimes2942 The great depression was nothing. 1/4 of the population were unemployed at its peak. They were a small minority. 3/4 of the population were employed

Too many jumpers........

+Bill Smith No doubt.

maybe they just left them out, just like the black people, that you never see. even an all white nba game.

MrSchmolko I thought I wad the only one who noticed haha. .. im like wait they never talked about harlem. .. or the the east and west village mainly because who occupied them during the time? The blacks. The nba team had me on the floor all I kaput saying was yeah ok. Lol

new yorkers have never been as fat as most americans. we walk everywhere.

Steven Haines same thing when I lived in HK back in '97! I walked alot and commute. But again, the family featured in this video are from Ohio.

flip1sba They are also dressed nice too.Most people in those days dressed like they were going to the office in those days.

When we are young it lasts forever.

No atleast 90 year Olds to 100

Ya..'the land mass to the west', the more normal part of the country, not like you goofball New Yorkers from another planet who move to red states and mess them up like Californian's. Stay outa Florida, Texas, and Arizona please. Robert at 69.

Hahaha. Like people think it's new. But they kinda went out of control with it. As a New Yorker you have to be more careful than we do. You might offend someone 😅😅

***** yes so?

+Bla Bla Your comment is just a bit more intelligent than slypherspoon's.

+SlypherSpoons you're *

1950 was a great time to be born We've seen all the best things come to life. A very decent time.None of the trashy things that have become so common today.

Too bad racial segregation still existed back then.

I have to agree with you on that comment. Most of the cities I have been to here in the United States has a very similar layout: a few places of interest, skyscrapers, but always the same chain stores everywhere which for me takes away that excitement of going anywhere. That is my opinion on it, of course everyone thinks different.

Madison Square Garden at 50th St. between 8th and 9th avenue was the third MSG, the original was at Madison Square, downtown. Today's MSG is the 4th sports area in NYC to carry the name. Check your facts and history, why don't you?

I disagree. I live on the west coast but visit NYC when I can. That's because it's an actual city, with many many non-chain restaurants, lots of theaters, museums, and classy architecture. Also, the subway is cleaner than it used to be, and it's still a great transportation system.

"There's not much to enjoy about New York now?" Well, IDK. Apparently a lot of people feel differently. In 2018, NYC had a record 65.2 million visitors (51.6 domestic; 13.5 million foreign). Since 1990 the city population has increased by about 1.3 million residents. Crime is nothing compared to years ago. Back in 1990 we had 2,262 murders. Last year we had something like 335. I'm not crazy about all the changes, but nothing stays the same.

@@azul8811 I went for a visit with my sister and some friends in '08. We loved every minute! So exciting in every way. We felt safe just about every minute. People were so helpful to us with directions and all. I can't wait to visit again real soon when it's safe to do so.

teltri Father Knows Best.

+teltri You know they were homophobic and racist, and would NEVER have voted for Obama over Eisenhower.

+sightinsight And that daughter was so unhip, uncool, and uptight that she didn't have any tats, not even a tramp stamp and she probably used pads instead of tampons because it was too hard to push a tampon through that wiry bush. Gimme a break.

No shots of 50s hippies in lower East side & GV. No porn shops & girly shows on Times Square. This are your white bread sanitized bullshit scenes.

***** Yeah, :-) Their perfection makes me throw up.

I've actually been thinking recently about the thought process behind your comment -- because I myself tend to think in that way. I'm pretty sure it's a characteristically "guy" thing to do. But I've never seen anyone put a name to it. It's a kind of "temporal analogy" or something. My favorite type to ponder in detail is: "How similar (in form, not content) is my experience of something 50 years ago (1973) . . . to the 50-years-ago experience (1923) of someone 50 years ago."

my thoughts exactly.

Uncomplicated if you were a middle class white family. Remember this was still the era of Jim Crow. Edit: Uncomplicated if you were a straight, middle class white male.

The Jim Crow laws were only in the south. But you could still die of some diseases and have no internet access. Women were also treated like crap.

Uncomplicated time in the world? I honestly can't think of any period of time that can be described as such.

@109713678683032680821 Even the Stone Age was complicated, a lot more complicated than now! Back then, no one provided for you if you were an adult. You had to kill and skin your own food, make your own home, and plant your own crops. There were no supermarkets or survival kits to be found anywhere.

Right so BEAUTIFUL.

I saw them play in Jersey City.

@@rentslave wow really? What were they doing there?

@@sheastadium2008 Playing the Pirates.The Dodgers played a total of 13 games there in 1956 and 1957 to see if they would draw better than they did at Ebbets Field.I was 7 years old at the time.

@@rentslave ah, that's interesting. Do you remember the name of the stadium?

@@sheastadium2008 Roosevelt Stadium.An upscale housing development stands there today.Jackie Robinson broke the color line there.Rickey Henderson played there for the A's farm team in the 70's.

Likely you're right, and likely 1946--ladies' hemlines did not drop (to mid calf) until Christian Dior introduced "the New Look" in 1947.

Sir, may I ask if you are still alive?

OSTARAEB4 Good call. At 12:35 it looks like a 41-43 Ford woody. Even then, a "limo" or taxi wouldn't ordinarily be more than 5 years old. If this is 1950, then the car is at least 7 years old -- not a good way to attract business.

Look at 13:55, showing a trolley on 42nd street. Manhattan trolleys were abandoned in June 1947, except for crosstown lines going to the Bronx, where they ended service a year later. See the open-air double deckers. Their last day of operation was 12/29/1946. see 12:44.

also note no cage around the observation deck on the Empire State Building. I'm not positive but I think the suicide cage was installed after a jumper in 1949

Annabel Velvet c you're not immature. You've just been conditioned by leftist ideology who ruined everything good.

desertodavid OH, STFU!

9 Lives And Counting You’re spouting political theory.

Gay means happy idiot

@Jesse yeah u right

Getting rid of the El train was one of New York’s biggest mistakes

@@thatperformer3879 They never should have gotten rid of the El. I agree there.

@@thatperformer3879 The demolition of Mckim,Meade, & White's, masterpiece; Penn Station. Then the world's largest enclosed space, was an utter loss for New York. A loss the city has never recovered from.

JesusSaves NYC why?

sim61642 because it was real New York & a better world than today

JesusSaves NYC don't forget. There was racism still going on in the 50's. But I agree. New York City was way better back then compared to how it is now

Gee, why didn't they visit some more adventurous areas like alphabet city, East NY and the south Bronx, wait, could it be that in that day, those areas were normal, safe, working class residential areas? Himmm, why aren't I seeing, drugs, gangs and obnoxious behavior everywhere? Gee, they DID say they were touring NYC....and it's funny, it looks like they called out the national guard and cleaned all the streets.....and the people, just prior to the filming of this....hmmm, I wonder how they did that? And prior to this it must have been a very prolonged spell in which exposure to the sun was at slow ebb causing a profound- pronounced look as if all color had drained out of everyone...

@@carl9939 racism is even worse today.

Joe Guzman Did you pass history class in the 6th grade?

Bro what

you will be able to do that in mafia 1 remake

They still are and 🐯 roar today,more than the MGM one ever did 😂 lol!

+Tom Dockery We need to turn that turrent at the top of the Empire State into a minaret. Obama should get on that.

Giuseppe Di Marco I would still visit NY despite of its current status. It is still a vibrant city and The Empire State Building is still great to see despite taller buildings such as The Burj Khalifa.

But none are art deco..............

But New York City was pretty bad in the 70's and most of the 80's. In the mid of 1970's, if you walked around Time Square area, you would feel that you walked on war zone ghetto area.

@@wingsmith9003 nah it wasn't that bad. I guess when you grow up there it just was what it was. You adapted and used street smarts. I used to play pinball and other games at Fascination on 42nd with my friends as a teen in the late 70's

You forgot the New York Ontario & Western (O&W) which used the NYC West Shore Route to Weehawken.anonymous anonymous

Michael Edwards Thanks

here is one. The Central Harlem Hudson line that went from NYC thru eastern Hudson Valley. Some stations along the route were Hopewell Jct, Lagrangeville, Billings and Amenia

I like the line in "Some Like It Hot," where Marilyn says to Jack "I come from a musical family, my mother was a violinist and my father was a conductor." Jack says: "Where did he conduct," and she replies: "On the Baltimore and Ohio."

You forgot "The Short Line."

Yeah, good times, hope it will be the same some day...

Sorry. 1920s to 1940s NYC were a lot better than the 1950s ugly hairstyles and fashion. 1950s had more people and was a little more diverse.

Shamar Calloway naw man 1890s new york was better

@@shrek19yearsago78 wrong. 1890s had boring suits/hats. 1920s to 1940s were much better decades than the 1800s and 1950s to present

Yes and that’s why it’s so clean and safe

now... some are prostitute

@Wing smith irony in your statement. covered women are honoring god. but you christians have long ago stopped honoring god. dont call yourselves religious

Richard Head what's wrong with people from different countries living there?

@9 Lives And Counting I live in new york

@9 Lives And Counting and remember. Immigrants arent the only one who left a mess

Ever hear of Hell's Kitchen? You didn't walk through certain neighborhoods even then. There were gangs in the 50s, actually I think there've been gangs in NYC practically since they built Battery Park.

Also no cage around the Empire State Building's observation deck, as there is today.

And hardly any helmets in the NHL during the '60's and '70's. Just a handful of players.

"Craig MacTavish was the last NHL player to play without a helmet. He retired in 1997 after playing 17 seasons in the league."

But it was wonderful didnt need it ANYWAY ???

@@marthanatal2758 exactly. I was a kid in the 70's but there were always games to play, books to read, hobbies like sewing, model cars and planes, kids to play outside with..... Always something to do. If we complained we were bored to our mom she would give us chores 😂

Who needs tv or internet when you can go out and do fun things cheaply.

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Let's face it none of them weigh 90 lbs anymore even in new york.

Not all of us. I'm in a white dress and heels watching this. Let's talk about today's men, over 300 lbs, all playing video games and swearing, and none of them dressed like Sinatra. A man is not a man without a suit, hat and tie. The end.

Francis C --Wow ! ! ! Kool. You are one of the few left.

9TheMajor Part of the problem today is the amount of junk food eaten and high levels of sugar compounding with insufficient exercise and sitting for hrs. in front of the boob tube or desk top. 70 years ago very few watched TV and you walked/worked most of your calories off so that a bottle of soda and a hot dog at the ball game didn't expand your waistline.

As in Baghdad Iraq? Or is there more city’s with that name because the only one I know of is Iraq

@@tailsprowerfan2729 Baghdad in Iraq. At one time referred to as the cradle of civilization. Under the Abbasid Caliphate (approximately 700-1200 CE, and especially its Golden Age (8-10th centuries) it was the Athens or Paris of its time, a large, well planned city with running water, sewage systems, and a Mecca for philosophers and scientists from all over the Islamic world, then the most advanced Western civilization.

***** and just what is wrong with an all white bread tour?

It's the sheeple's tour.

+Vladislov Kyzinski There was a whole section on Chinatown at 8:24

+Vladislov Kyzinski Porn shops did not exist back then, and Times Square had not yet turned into Slime Square.

LazlosPlane you asshole Moses build this city and scumbag like you want to tear it down

J J fuck trump in his hairy ass hole

J J fuck you