Tuesday, July 31, 2012
A Look Inside "The Brooklyn Issue" of a 1974 New York News Magazine
Posted by Henry Stewart on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 11:33 AM
While cleaning out their junk, my parents stumbled across an issue of New York News Magazine (whatever that is) from October 1974, a special issue dedicated to America's fourth largest city—Brooklyn. Inside are priceless time-capsule glimpses of the past, from photographs of models and boarded-up homes to advertisements for malls and gentrification. We scanned the best of them to share with you here.
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Henry Stewart
Bio:
Henry Stewart is the Culture Editor at The L Magazine and some kind of editor at Brooklyn Magazine. He has always lived in Brooklyn.
Henry Stewart is the Culture Editor at The L Magazine and some kind of editor at Brooklyn Magazine. He has always lived in Brooklyn.
