We've Traveled Back to 1993 New York City! (Rare HD Footage) 

I miss the 90s so much, it was the last decade of simplicity, the music was so diverse and actually had some creativity behind it, people appreciated the simple things. I’d give anything to go back

I'd take any day in 1993 over 2020

I feel like the 90's are somewhere, we cant hear them, we cant touch them, we cant see them, but i feel like the 90's still exist somewhere....

I miss the 90s so much too bad I can't go back *cries in Nostalgia*

This made me feel nostalgia for a time and place I’ve never touched

I'll never forget living in NYC with my late uncle for several months. I was 13 years old, and it was a time I still think back on a lot. I used to walk through Wall Street and being mesmerized on the daily by the amount of men and women who I thought were millionaires walking by me. I remember skateboarding through Central Park and breaking my arm. I remember my uncle giving me a daily allowance that I splurged on hot dog stands or bodegas. I remember the two bedroom condominium at 99 John street that my uncle owned up to his passing where I had my own room for the first time in my life. Above all, I remember the amount of children and teenagers my age would roam freely around the streets of NYC, specifically the Financial district; we got into trouble, we kept each other out of trouble, and we were like family eating at one another's house and having sleep overs. I think the problem with today's era--meaning the early 2010s and current years--is that the world became too connected via technology. The 90s were an individualistic era; younger people moved out of their parents house earlier; we experimented and came to our own conclusions without the influence of the media or today's social media influencers; we experienced life in a stream of conscious manner. That is the triumph of this particular decade--it was all about experience, and someone mentioned in the comments below that this experience was due to the "right balance of technology" being present/accessible. I'm not going to condemn the modern world, but if I had a time machine, I would go back to the 90s in a heartbeat; make better choices, explore other paths, but experience it nonetheless. For some of you, mainly younger ones, it is just a decade, but for me and people who hold this decade dearly to our hearts, the 90s was an emotion.

In 1993 I was a student at New York City technology college in downtown Brooklyn. Damn. Simpler times. No craziness just normal living.

I miss the 80s and 90s so much and I'm sorry for the young people who never experienced the world pre-911. Everything started to change after that. But I'm happily surprised to see that there are some young people who are curious about this time. It felt so much warmer, safer, innocent and hopeful ❤️

1:40 lmao that guy turning around checking that girl out😂

I was 15-16 in 1993. Life for me just revolved around going to school, playing Super Nintendo, listening to music, watching WWF and MTV. I had it easy.

I can't get enough of these NYC videos from the 1990... I passed the bar in 1993...LOL... No iphones... No people just walking like zombies looking into their phones .... beautiful.. I think people actually looked healthier and just better than today! It's that get I have somewhere to get to New Yorker! Social media destroyed the best part of us!

90s...Best era ever...music movies people ..everything at his peak....everything awesome...wish we lived that sweet 90s again...

it feels like SUCH a different time!!

Was born in '91. The 90s always seemed like a mystical time to me since I barely remember it

3:52 Robert de Niro sleeping

The footage of NYC is from a DVHS (DTheater) demo tape.

I’m about 3 years late to comment on this video, but I enjoyed every bit of it. ‘93 was the year I was born, and though I only spent 6 years in the ‘90s the nostalgia can be overwhelming. Sometimes I wish I could just go back. Thanks for this really neat video.

As someone born in 1991 its amazing to see the city in this way

so weird to see the 90s in hd

Is it just me or did everyone have a healthy head of hair back then

To be honest i feel like I missed one of the greatest time periods, the 90s look amazing, too bad i wasn’t alive back then.

I was born in 93, but remembering what I can of the 90s...it felt so warm compared to today. The world doesn't feel the same.

Imagine getting friends like in "Friends" in the year 1994

What would I give to have seen the 90s as a young person. The clothes, the hairstyles, the music. Everything is much more casual than today.

This is so inspiring. Born and raised in New York. Thank you trip down memory lane. It's so easy to forget how things used to be.

Incredible clarity for a 1993 video I didn’t know the cameras back then were that good

Such a wonderful video. I’m getting so much Home Alone, Sleepless in Seattle vibes lol. Very nostalgic and wonderful times. I miss the 90s tremendously.

looks like heaven on earth. simple life. no phones out. imagine being a social person and living in a place like that without social media. never ending heaven . I smoked a joint and just watched this. makes me so nostalgic.

Not a cellphone in sight, just people living in the moment. I'll leave now...

The 80's were still alive and well in 1993. Seeing the twin towers in 60fps HD is a game changer! Beautiful footage.

Wow. I'm so amazed by how a short clip can transcend a feeling. This video is a combination of two of the things I love, the 90's and New York City. Was born in '98 so I don't remember anything from that period but oh to live in those years. Thank you for this video. I was watching your video from Jollibee and to my surprise RU-vid brought me here.

Society changed so much, that's scary bro

This was absolutely gorgeous. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. It really took me back to somewhere far away.

Thank you for this. I am very nostalgic about the 90s - a special time for me, even though I did not visit NYC until later. Every shot of the Trade Center was a little jarring, but profound. Thank you for these memories.

Man this was a flashback, best part was not a cellphone in sight just people out and about without distraction

And we thought there were to much crime back then. Looking back we had some peaceful times, freedom to travel, walk anywhere together with a crowd of people. We didn't have the uncertainty we have today.

The 90s just seemed like a much better era, just the right amount of technology, the best music, movies, and shows, and mainly everyone was actually happy, too bad I wasn’t even alive back then. I’d really like to live in the 90s.

No smartphones. People just walking, watching the road, clearing their mind, must be heaven

It's unreal how Crown Victoria taxi's are STILL seen in NYC to this day. Now THAT'S a reliable car! =D

Makes a grown man cry remember his younger years and watching everything lose its innocence.

I was 9 years old in 1993, although I was a young child I remember the vibe in the City back then very well.

5:07 this is so cute

Great to see 1993 again! I lived in Manhattan for a short time then, and again in 1999. 1993 kinda was still very late 80s in cars/fashion/style. I’ve always noticed that with decades, in which the first couple of years of a new decade are very similar to the final year of the previous. Just like 2000 and 2001 were very similar to 1999

I miss old NYC I wish I could go back in time

1993 the year I was in born in this great city !! Born & raised in Brooklyn

1990s NYC was kind of my time...I was a little kid who went on trips to my grandparents' back then. I was visiting the city all throughout the decade. There was definitely a different flavor and vibe to the area back then and yeah, gentrification over the years has had a LOT to do with eradicating it.

Living through the 90s as a kid everything was its own treasure box. If you and your friends stumbled upon something cool it was yours to keep for a while. I miss it.

Compared with today the 90's seem like a dream world... like a beautiful dream world which is lost forever and only lives on in our memories. 2020-21 seems like a nightmare compared to this beautiful footage and not just because of that virus, in general!

I really enjoyed this little trip down memory lane! Wouldn't mind doing it again sometime. 😎

I went to New York for the first time in 2019 and I loved it! …but I’m positively sure I would’ve loved 90s NY even more too bad I wasn’t even born til 1999.

Great video id like to see you do a time tripper back to NYC in the mid to late 1960's that would also be very interesting .

1:19 she’s gorgeous

lol, you are just stealing video from another source

i use to live in the states during the 90s was freakin awesome

Awesome, it's always wierd to see NYC from the 1990s in detail.

Pandemic free wow it’s amazing how it makes me feel looking at all the people so close

Great footage, I'm feeling super nostalgic right now

It is interesting to watch old recordings, videos and pictures of New York

1:15 iconic and classic (: those towers are fucking magnificent, even 20 years later I hate to acknowledge that they’re gone 😢

Wow, there were a ton of people walking on the sidewalks back then. Now, there aren't as many. I was walking around Central Park the other day, and couldn't believe how empty it was.

I miss the 90's. It must have been amazing living in NYC back then.

1993 June 28 was a very injurious day for me at Con ed Waterside power house?A big boiler tube fell on me from the 7th floor as I was walking to the office..as a result I was taken to Bellevue hospital and it was overcrowded with sick people with the aids virus as they were in hallways as no rooms were available for them and at about 12:30 I was sent home because their was no room for me to stay overnight?This was a tragedy....I will never forget it?After 3 months I went back to work but as cold weather came I had pain all over and went to the dr to see what was going on?That was it for my career in Con Edison bye!

I miss the 1990s. In 1 year I got laid off from a job I hated, lost a GF I wasn't going anywhere with, had to sell my 8 month brand new sports car, and I went on unemployment for 18 months, which led me to go back to college to finish my 4 year degree, and then I started getting laid a lot, to make up for the AIDS ridden 1980s. Of all the decades in my life it's the 1990s I miss the most. Despite the insecurity and dissatisfaction, in a way I was happy. I met interesting people, loved and goodbye'd. Optimism and heartbreaks. I was alive!

I went to university in Long Island, but was always in the city on the weekends with friends. It was a really good time.

I was 11 years old...these videos make me miss my home (Jacob Javitz Center car shows, the 9-5 era & location, grown ups with their Manhattan trench coats my mother was one of these adults heading to their office job in this video).... NY is No Longer, NY anymore... i left the tri-state in 2018!

Love NYC and the ‘90s! Such a great footage. Stunning quality.

It feels so refreshing with no no no smartphones 😆

Graduated HS in '93. Dude it's almost been 30 years to the month! I feel old. The internet was just being born.

I'm writing a novel set in New York in the 90s. I hope I'll manage to convey the feel and vibe of the city of that time, which for some reason I find very attractive even though I didn't see it with my eyes and all I know about it is through documentaries, footages, stories.. I guess I am idealising it, but I believe that that was the peak of the western civilisation, right before the digital era began. Slower pace, bigger value

ah, 1993, the year I moved to NYC for a 4 year stint on Wall Street at Citi. Thank you sooo much for taking me back....loved it!!

Omg Shoulder pads I’ve always wanted to wear them but they’re so outdated that i don’t think I’ll ever see them in stores ever

1:13 Damn, that good ass quality makes it look like The original World Trade Center is still standing today😔

Thank you so much for showing this video brings back lots of memories me and my baggy clothes I was 16 years old and a teen parent those were the best times ever especially traveling to Chinatown in writing the trains and going to the free outdoor concerts dolls don't come around my daughter who was just little now she is 31 years old

This was cool!😊

truly amazing how i cannot differentiate 30 years worth of HD. i've never seen footage from decades ago that could be confused with footage from today due to the highest level of HD! how do did they do that? it obviously wasn't digital in 1993, but analog video tape.

How classic is that skyline shot underneath the Brooklyn bridge starting at 6:13?

1:42 that double take was classic

Thanks for taking us back. Seeing the towers is still painful. The sixties would be nice,I wonder if that can be done

Omg omg omg. It's 1993 again !! LOVE THIS. I like, 1962, the year I was born. 1982, finished high school & was 20 then. I love all your videos !! Well done. 😊 🌈

That was the post card version of NYC back in ‘93. The city actually felt a bit crazier than that tho. The streets were lined with people selling cassette tapes, counterfeit Chinese made handbags and whatever else sold. Time Square was raunchy, and it was more affordable to anyone who didn’t mind the crime. These were the days when NYC was better know as New Jack City, instead of the Big Apple, it was more closely associated with B.I.G. and along with rats, it was overrun with crack.

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Music: Stevie Wonder - Living For The City (Instrumental) Michael Breker - Autumn In New York

This was the year I met my husband. I was working at an advertising company on Madison Avenue. 2 years before I was working at WTC on the 92nd floor. Wow! Memories!

What an era ... Kobe Bryant was in his 1st year of highschool at Lower Merion , the Bulls was dominating the Eastern Conference , Michael Jackson was still healthy and had released his Dangerous album, BLM was years away from existing, there was no social media, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo were the hottest selling consoles , Trayvon Martin wasnt born yet and George Zimmerman was a small child . what a time the 90's was

Thanks you are awesome movie maker !!! 👍♥️I would love to visit the 90s again,my favorite time line.

Well done video! I felt like i went back in time to a gentler era

man i wish first of all that i was from the us, secondly that i was like a teenager in the 90s, love everything about it

You should do a then and now video where you go to the same/similar locations to recreate the shots.

4:08 Jesus Christ that's beautiful. Little to none of that monstrous looking glass eyesores

This is footage from the DTheater DVHS demo tape captured by TechMoan. Credit to where credit is due!

Loved loved loved NYC in the 90’s!! Nothing like it….. not the same today sadly…

Wait so this video is just an original intro/ending and the entirety of another video on RU-vid sandwiched in between? Cool

The sky view is everything. What song is that at the end?

Those really were the days my friend!

1993 was the year I moved to NYC. I remember office fashion being very boring, an over correction of the excess of the 80s probably. All beige and tan. NYC was expensive of course but not like today were you seem to encounter fees just to be allowed to breath. And of course there was still a thriving nightlife of dance places and club kids. That is what I miss most. Of course I am too old for dancing til dawn now anyway.

Breathtaking

was born 93 wanted to see ny in 93 beautiful video loved it

Back than everything was better . Much more spirit and freedom .

This deserves way more views

I remember those days. I would visit my aunt that lived on 5th avenue in Brooklyn. The energy was different. Political agendas have changed many things for the worse.