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@caitgems1

3 жыл бұрын

Who recorded the old footage?

@melissaonorati2243

3 жыл бұрын

Charlie Great Video, Thank you for posting it, this is such an Awesome Classic Video

@graciegjj

3 жыл бұрын

@@caitgems1 I wonder if it was Charlie haha

@BDLforever24

3 жыл бұрын

Show us your time machine bro

@maggiemae6867

3 жыл бұрын

You got half a million subscribers! Support the channel?? Seems those views will support you well. Hope you're giving back to the communities your exploiting??? Really, I hope you're helping these communities.

Bringing back some not so good memories. I went to school there . We used to put a paper note on the windshield when we parked our cars on the street that read "no money, no radio" . One day someone broke my small window in the rear door. The thief obviously didn't find anything valuable, but he had a great sense of humor, he added " just checking" on the note I left under my windshield.

@harmonyexists2834

2 жыл бұрын

😆😆

@jonashorn8354

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha 🤣🙏🏻 At least it makes for a great story to tell at parties 👍🏻

@jasonpronti400

2 жыл бұрын

Great story......

@farishope6540

2 жыл бұрын

If I caught him I would forgive him

@karlthewanz4584

2 жыл бұрын

Sick 😷

Have to admit that's some damn good video quality for 1989. Loved it.

@MatthewSomethingOrOther

3 жыл бұрын

Better than most banks surveillance systems lol

@DialloMoore503

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I have a fascination with old technology. I’m thinking about buying a tape (voice) recorder.

@eddiesoto2677

3 жыл бұрын

Yeahhhh hahahaha I Wonder? Real good.. shit look like Apple Like..

@treyz2239

3 жыл бұрын

Could be remastered

@RockyPondProductions

3 жыл бұрын

It's film so it is very easy to remaster and convert to high definition

Thanks for posting this video ! As a Greek, the "old" harlem is what we knew thought the hollywood movies. It was nice to see real footage of its streets!

@romaniliadis7563

3 ай бұрын

Συμφωνω

@ROBERTMORAN-mv7eq

3 ай бұрын

THESE ARE TOTALLY DIFFERENT STREETS.

@NikolaosSbokos

2 ай бұрын

​@@ROBERTMORAN-mv7eqit does not matter in our mind america is smthning between gta hoods and the sopranos

@BadLuckLuke

2 ай бұрын

Nice??? Χάλια μαύρα καλύτερα...

Спасибо людям, запечатлевшим в свое время часть истории на камеру и позволяющим через много лет кратковременно окунуться в ту среду.

@user-kr3qk4qg1z

4 ай бұрын

В тот четверг😅

@user-wn1rc7ji1w

4 ай бұрын

там ничего не изменилось прикинь как была помойка так и осталась

@adrianocelentano710

4 ай бұрын

Как похорошел Гарлем спустя время ))

@gin147

4 ай бұрын

Yea! those would be the cops who recorded this footage

@user-fy6ux3mp2y

4 ай бұрын

Вот такие картинки нужно было показывать в 80е на Советском ТВ. Как Гарлем 89,похож на С-Пб 90х. И там и там можно было снимать фильмы о войне. Атмосферно было, не то что сейчас, прилизано.

Would be cool to see a direct, spilt screen side-by-side comparison of the exact same streets/buildings then and now

@klaasj7808

Жыл бұрын

5:22 with the blue/white paint is 116 Bradhurst Avenue

@user-mv8hx3kc3b

Жыл бұрын

У русских есть такие блоги до и после Даже до наши города были красивее чем ваш harlem

@comradeharley

Жыл бұрын

@@klaasj7808 Cool to see that the same building seems to still be there, only refurbished. Thanks for sharing the address with us.

@Sergei2010able

Жыл бұрын

@@user-mv8hx3kc3b До и после чего?

@donkeydan5996

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!!

Those apartments probably sell for millions of dollars today

@ivancampbell8123

3 жыл бұрын

The white man's game bro

@judeugato

3 жыл бұрын

white ppl fault if you voted a white into power thats your falt too! 🤷‍♂️

@ivancampbell8123

3 жыл бұрын

@@judeugato I did not said that was white people's fault in general

@bravodefeated9193

3 жыл бұрын

somehow i doubt a white man with large enough pocket would want to live there

@joeshmoe1316

3 жыл бұрын

@@judeugato blk man's game bro

Wow what an amazing video. From a lifelong born and bred Bradford (UK) lad this video hits home. We went through a similar resurgence in our area. Growing up we didn't really notice it as we saw everything being built. But just like this video shows. When you do a before and after you see the immense changes.

@chachenaki_kichenancha

3 ай бұрын

I was living in rural Yorkshire for 15 years. You had to see that...

@mohammedauzer3373

3 ай бұрын

@chachenaki_kichenancha a beautiful part of the world

Wow, much appreciated for this footage.

CharlieBo must be driving a certified hood delorean traveling back in time and shit

@UnCannyValley67

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@ReCkLeSsErr0r

3 жыл бұрын

*gets the flux capacitor shot the fuck up and makes a whole movie finding Doc and Marty*

@emilio6117

3 жыл бұрын

Love to see that CharlieBo is more famous than I thought.

@bornpsychopath2996

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@turquoisetaylor8258

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

Now he time travels to the worst hoods.

@Mo91100

3 жыл бұрын

lol i was like con way Charlie had a camera in the 80's lol

@Ontheish

3 жыл бұрын

His car is a time machine fr

@obito2575

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@tommylee7684

3 жыл бұрын

Charlie Mcfly

@TheTroller911

3 жыл бұрын

💀

The cars back then were eye candy 🤩

@c0ldc0ne

3 ай бұрын

Eye sore more like.

@josefstrauss9017

3 ай бұрын

@@c0ldc0ne you have a different taste in cars, and that’s ok 👍🏼 fair enough

@c0ldc0ne

3 ай бұрын

@@josefstrauss9017 Yep, the 40s/50s is where it’s at for me. But like you said, to each their own.

I miss the oldschool cars like the Buick, Oldsmobile and the Chevrolets etc. in the 2020 part, for the rest nice video :)

This is why what Charlie does is so important because in 30-40 years people will be watching his videos of neighborhoods now to see how much they’ve changed. He’s literally making visual/audio time capsules.

@bigfun7372

3 жыл бұрын

these videos are stupid. Charlie takes only one segment of a neighborhood and portrays it as a complete representation to fit a specific narrative. There were awesome places in Harlem in 1989 and there are shitty places even in 2020. You have to see the entire neighborhood.

@Ayotzi94

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigfun7372 I’m pretty sure we get the picture with the “awesome” parts but it’s the ghetto that we should document so that we don’t keep making the same mistakes over and over again.

@latishabennett702

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 👍🏽💯👏🏾I'm 38 from Boston but I still appreciate the visual & seeing history!!

@aaronlemire6824

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigfun7372 o

@bigfun7372

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ayotzi94 ok I get it. You are correct. but why use the filter for extra effect? and If we really want to show where we went wrong, he should show how gentrified many of the ghettos really are in this day and age. east ny, south bronx, jamaica, these neighborhoods are COMPLETELY changing/changed. But then again that would not fit charlie's fabricated narrative.

Respect for my boy Charlie for going all the way back to 89 for this one.

@DavidLee-id3lf

2 жыл бұрын

He really REALLY put a lot of miles on his car in order to do this one for sure

@SoSikWitIt

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@bpsnallwell4204

2 жыл бұрын

Wait so is this video actually recorded by Charles bo 😂😂😂

@SoSikWitIt

2 жыл бұрын

@@bpsnallwell4204 🙉

@yunggohan8404

Жыл бұрын

@@bpsnallwell4204 bruh

year 2024 and still watching old good memories, so who wanna be go back year of the 1989.. so good times

We lost 80% of our buildings in the South Bronx. It was crazy!! My mom came home one night and the landlord literally told her.. the building is finished!! He left!! The building was massive and absolutely beautiful. They don’t build apartments with space like that anymore. The whole block literally died overnight. Even in those hard times we were able to be happy!! We did create a strong sense of community and friendship with our family, friends and neighbors. They always tried to help one another. I still have wonderful memories of those times.

@KanooPhaPha94

11 күн бұрын

U growing up in Harlem ?? 😭😂😂

Big L wasn’t lying when he called Harlem the danger zone back in the days. Gota give NY pros they definitely cleaned it up and made it look better.

@Manbarrican

3 жыл бұрын

If anything, they didn't make enough public housing like they should've.

@GrayFox-xd9ww

3 жыл бұрын

@@Manbarrican not sure what they did last time I was in NY was in 2008

@Phreshie91

3 жыл бұрын

begs the question...for who? sure something looks better but doesn't mean that it functionally and socially benefits the most people. just saying...

@GrayFox-xd9ww

3 жыл бұрын

@@Phreshie91 it’s still shitty area but would you rather have what it used to look like or now? As you can see they put effort n money towards Harlem. Can you give NY credit for that at least?

@Amidat

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed 139 and Lenox... And he died right around there.. Sad... Now there are expensive condos on Lenox Ave

This is technically history in the making. A visual synopsis of civilization. Lows, highs and everything in between. Keep it up CB

@Pablokoltrane

3 жыл бұрын

Cardano to the moon #Cardigang 💰🚀🚀🚀💰

@PapiShampoooo

3 жыл бұрын

💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

@PapiShampoooo

3 жыл бұрын

Great vid

@SevenHunnid

3 жыл бұрын

I didnt graduate school because I decided smoking weed on my KZread channel was a better decision 💀COME WATCH 😎

@SevenHunnid

3 жыл бұрын

I didnt graduate school because I decided smoking weed on my KZread channel was a better decision 💀COME WATCH 😎🙂🙂🙂🙂

I can imagine how glorious those homes and streets looked in their Golden day.

This my hood here 148th and 147th between 7th and 8th Avenue. Man so many memories.....truly blessed most of the friends I grew up with died on this two blocks!

I was really young when Harlem looked like that in the 80's and I have to admit, I got sentimental because even though my siblings and I grew up in Harlem and it was rough at times, our parents kept our heads in the books and in Church but we still had great times with our family and friends I will always be in love with Harlem USA

@uncoverthetruth8365

3 жыл бұрын

Same background 😭😢

@glorymosbyfloyd3878

3 жыл бұрын

@@uncoverthetruth8365 💖

@adamhonestyanddecency5054

3 жыл бұрын

Was there a side to Harlem that the outside world couldn’t see? That is, a lighter, more positive side?

@padussia

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment makes me think of Charlie Wilson's song, My Sun Doesn't Shine Without You.

@hectorpuente316

3 жыл бұрын

That’s what people don’t understand... we had fun while Coney Island was filled with junkies... our trampoline was mattress.

the person who recorded in the 80s did a amazing job..he didn't move the camera so it's wasn't shaky, that was amazing camera work

@youknowkbbaby

3 ай бұрын

I suppose during that era, the only people who could afford such a device(video camera) would also know how to properly use them.

@angry_video_game_nerd

3 ай бұрын

Этот чувак был в принципе смелым, то что снимал эти улицы

@6o6eep

3 ай бұрын

@@angry_video_game_nerd Там не один чувак. Судя по голосам, в салоне двое мужчин и одна женщина.

@yourmom9951

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! They didn’t call me Camera “No Shake” Jones, for nothing

@NuGanjaTron

3 ай бұрын

... unlike some of the artsy crap with "documentary feel" being produced these days.... Get No-Shake Jones a contract with Hollywood ASAP -- he can teach those so-called "filmmakers" a thing or two!

there is something so charming about old cars...

What's interesting in the 1989 vid was that the street level vista was rugged as hell, but look at most of the cars parked on the street - mostly recent model sedans in decent condition.

You mean to tell me that Charlie has been doing this since 1989? 😂😂😂

@terrelljackson6476

3 жыл бұрын

More like 82' and b4, lol.

@chicago773williams5

3 жыл бұрын

😭😭

@tinyfalcon1185

3 жыл бұрын

Low key in 1978

@supadoopa926

3 жыл бұрын

He was hanging out the side of the car with one of those big ass camcorders.

@youngnick1800

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

I drove a City bus in Harlem throughout the 80's and 90's. It's amazing how it's changed. Alot of those burnt out buildings you show in this video were owned by speculators who sat on them for years. The regular people who lived up there used to complain,"Why don't they do something with these buildings". Eventually they did and cashed in.The neighborhood got Gentrified and many long time residents got pushed out. I remember a lady telling me the only place a person can afford to live is the Projects. I have good memories of driving the 8th Ave bus. The people of Harlem were always good to me. Especially my regulars from the Polo Grounds houses.Peace to you all.

@ricky-sanchez

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this piece of information. We assume that the burnt down, smashed up buildings and empty lots were from the people not caring about their neighborhood. But it always comes down to rich real estate owners and gentrification. The people who own the property, but don't care about the neighborhood.

@manjelos

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricky-sanchez There was the book about it in eighties (did forgot the title), was about real estate speculation in New York and how they even burn the buildings and how they done to does look "naturally"

@superclarendon8648

2 жыл бұрын

@@ricky-sanchez Just so incredibly cruel and selfish to sit on peoples’ neighborhoods for that reason.

@angelaj8958

2 жыл бұрын

the projects had to be some improvement from what is shown here; it's even worse than Detroit is now

@aliceknows3375

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for telling the story of what was really going on. I loved my neighborhood, still do. I have walked many of these street. The gentrification is horrible.

Значит нам в СССР не врали, когда показывали такой Запад?!

@tatianamerochnitchenko-ec8vo

13 күн бұрын

Нет, не врали, и Карл Маркс не врал про капитализм, а мы продали СССР за джинсы и пр дрянь, как индейцы продали Манхэттен за стеклянные бусики.

You know things are bad when even 1989 Harlem looks like paradise compared to present-day Kensington.

@HectorRamos-pj4px

Ай бұрын

Stop 🤥 lying bro, Harlem way worse, Kensington only bad for 2024 ,in 2024 yes Kensington the absolute worse but stop it,Harlem in 1989 was the worse n south Bronx even worse, there's no comparison......

@chrisd913

21 күн бұрын

​@@HectorRamos-pj4pxSouth Bronx still looks like that.

@HectorRamos-pj4px

20 күн бұрын

@@chrisd913 south Bronx does not look like bx of 70s 80s n 90s lol bro u talking the infrastructure n buildings? Bro south Bronx was like it was hit by bombs kid,they fixed most of it up bro,not all but def most

@marlenaAKAmarz

3 күн бұрын

lol smh

At 2:25 I hurt my knee in that school yard in 87 and needed reconstructive surgery. I was 6 years old. I grew up on that block, my whole family was on crack and BCW came and took me away from them.....the best thing that ever happened to me

@elteescat

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad things worked out well for you. And I hope your family got help.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still talk to them?

@princepill

2 жыл бұрын

@@elteescat Yes it did i have a family and i am currently employed by the city

@elteescat

2 жыл бұрын

@@princepill that's wonderful! City jobs are good money! You made out well! You broke the cycle and that rocks!

@NK-rm7kc

2 жыл бұрын

That sounds great. But please tell me, what is BCW? I’m from far, far away… Thanks in advance.

It’s crazy because I was just in Harlem a couple days ago and when I was there I was “like I wonder what this place looked like during the crack epidemic” thanks for the vid 💯

@kingmaafa120

3 жыл бұрын

Take a walk to..125st..outside.. WHOLE FOODS.. Cracked d F UP..

@MySugarWallz

3 жыл бұрын

That video only shows a few tiny sections, though. It wasn't all like that, and the vibe wasn't depressing like the video. Having said that, it definitely wasn't as shiny and new looking like it is today.

@simone2125

3 жыл бұрын

It looks crazy. I was kid and I remember it looking just like these videos. We couldn’t even play in the parks because they would be empty crack vials everywhere.

@rolux4853

3 жыл бұрын

@@simone2125 what’s a empty crack vial? Was there a government issued package for crack?

@glenthomas2396

3 жыл бұрын

Harlem was bad but not as bad as the Bronx

Как же похорошел Гарлем при Собянине.

How is no one talking about how you travelled back to 1982 to film this comparison? Insane

I remember visiting New York City for the first time when I was 9, around 1990. We drove from Toronto. Dad took us for the first time. I was super excited. I was expecting glitz and glamour, and when I got there and saw scenes like this, I was horrified.

@seanlove2000

Жыл бұрын

Everybody that comes to America says the same thing. Its not a different place then everywhere else. There are nice areas and bad areas and sometimes they interchange over time. The good thing about the USA is that there are allot of places in between. If you work modestly hard you can pretty much achieve the in between. That's pretty good odds compared to other places.

@sheastadium2008

Жыл бұрын

@@seanlove2000 During that time, the whole city was bad! I don't blame him for being shocked, it's literally the financial capital of the world.

@marcchevalier3750

Жыл бұрын

@@sheastadium2008 Whole city was bad due to hippies, coming of age baby boomers and people born in the 1930s, democrats, foreigners, etc... When you destroy the old culture of America, you are bound to suffer in the 1960s to present.

@jung5760

Жыл бұрын

@@seanlove2000 America is from Alaska to Argentina

@nauvofact993

Жыл бұрын

People in all world is normal - dont lie on every step like Americans for the even little profit. Most of people in world think, that if country try to teach everyone how to live - it have no problems in it.

I’m convinced that he recorded the 1989 footage too😭😭😭

@foxmulder7616

3 жыл бұрын

For real! 😂

@bripscamponi7671

3 жыл бұрын

He did

@Lavish_Clipz

3 жыл бұрын

@@bripscamponi7671 wait how old is he??

@Bonny228

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lavish_Clipz it’s a joke

@Cheezy616

3 жыл бұрын

@@bripscamponi7671 fr? It seems like it 👀

I'll take my boring life with green trees, grass, fresh air and wide open spaces over this life style and day much respect to all.

Grew up there and then. Brings back good memories.

You could hear the pager in the back ground, haven’t heard that beep in years.

@r.severn7479

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I didn't know what that was. Lol

@evanthomas4468

3 жыл бұрын

If the young crowd watched this video in school it's almost guaranteed to make somebody ask"What's that beeping noise?"

@MN12warbird

3 жыл бұрын

I loved hearing it again lol like oh yeaaa lolll

@picklesteve7404

3 жыл бұрын

First thing I said was turn off that f****** pager off and then I realized oh s*** i forgot and I started laughing. Good times

@joeyheller2995

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a radar detector.

Damn Charlie has run out of hoods to roll through in present times, and has stolen the infinity gauntlet to use the time stone in order to keep producing content

@Davidgon100

3 жыл бұрын

next hes going to LA during Watts riot

@JabrenHarris98

3 жыл бұрын

There’s a lot more hoods he ain’t never been to

@SuperNovaHeights_

3 жыл бұрын

No no it’s just old footage that someone recorded back in the day. I don’t think the infinity gauntlet exists in real life

@ANtr431

3 жыл бұрын

@@Davidgon100 Na forget it, he´s goin back to LA riots ´92 man.

@videojones9884

3 жыл бұрын

@@SuperNovaHeights_ oh yeah? Prove it

My aunt moved from my south american country to Harlem with her husband in early 70's. One night, not so late he went for groceries and a gang robbed him and kicked him and told him to stay on the floor where they kept kicking him for one whole block and then he was dumped in a large dumpster where he spent a few hours hiding because he was too scared. Luckily for him, he didn't sustain any major injuries and being young and healthy played a big part. I guess being a white latino in the wrong part of town didn't pay off.

Finally, a place, where I can afford a house.

I was a kid during these days. Going through the streets of Harlem was really scary for me. It looked like a battlefield.

No cellphones, no Tik Tok, just people enjoying the moment 😂

@charlesrusso

Жыл бұрын

Hearing those fright train bell ringers off a huge 10 rock with a blow torch. Fuck yeah!

@mikeodonnell6799

Жыл бұрын

and some crack?

@thecooldude9999

Жыл бұрын

The guy’s pager goes off at 4:10 lol

@dazinqwilly3385

Жыл бұрын

Lol that doesn’t mean that nowadays is worse than back then. Back in those days crime was huge so don’t act like they were good times. Plus, you wouldn’t survive without your phone, don’t lie.

@dazinqwilly3385

Жыл бұрын

@@charlesrusso hell no you would be hearing people getting attacked, maybe you’ll be attacked yourself. So don’t act like those times are better. Plus you’ll be begging to use your phone. Ain’t trying to be rude, my apologies if I am.

This takes me back. If you know, you know. Otherwise, this video can only give you an idea of what it was like.

Charlie's dad was filming in the Bronx in 1989

New York: From unlivable to unaffordable in less than a generation

@thejunkmanlives

3 ай бұрын

they keep voting democrat.

@laynewalker8867

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, all those Democrat landlords. Damn commies.

@RobMarchione

3 ай бұрын

@@thejunkmanlivesYeah its almost like voting for Democrats turned it into a beautiful, clean and much safer city. Imagine that.

@SonOfMorning

3 ай бұрын

​@@RobMarchioneI dont think you want to play the democrat cities vs republican cities game.

@LooseBooty-ik5cs

2 ай бұрын

​@@SonOfMorningEspecially when two Republicans, Reagan and Bush Sr. flooded America with crack cocaine in the 80s!

salute to all the great men and women who came out of places like this and made great things happen for themselves

@joeshmoe1316

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@sran9492

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeshmoe1316 where were you raised, and where do you live nowdays

@bawoman

3 жыл бұрын

Damn. Well said.

@tommyob4762

2 жыл бұрын

What you mean by "great things?" Money isn't everything & many people who have lived in these areas their whole lives are content/happy

@ye23.

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah salute to dipset lol

I'm from Argentina and I love the old rap culture from this country, in the 80's and 90's was the best rap... I can imagine walking on the street and listen tupac's song from every house

Сейчас не лучше в наркоманских районах других городов.

"its like a Jungle sometimes it makes me wander how I keep from going under" Grandmaster flash and the furious 5 the message. Definitely the song for this video

@kmllmk1408

2 жыл бұрын

I like it !!! Kiss from France !!

@minigrande1939

2 жыл бұрын

@@kmllmk1408 a return kiss 😘 from Andalucia Espanyol

@thewisconsinfiles

2 жыл бұрын

The exact same thing came to my mind this looks like the video for white lines lol

@kendallrhodes

2 жыл бұрын

I always understood the lyrics of "The Message" but until I watched this video I never realized how grimy their conditions were. "The Message" is the perfect summation of their times and situations.

@J-SH06

2 жыл бұрын

@@kendallrhodes The Furious Five were from the Bronx in the late 70's. Look at footage of that place. Makes 89 Harlem look like Switzerland.

I love old footage like this. It's so fascinating

@matthewjdouglas6471

3 жыл бұрын

Have you watched gringo. Movie about an heroin addict in nyc. It was meant to star Johnny thunders but his parts were cut in the end and they used mr spacelys scenes. Very sad really. They are both dead now.

@stevedavis2473

3 жыл бұрын

@@matthewjdouglas6471 no I haven't. I'll look out for it & watch it. Thanx👍

@staceyking7911

3 жыл бұрын

Especially EXCELLENT for all us history lovers out there. This footage would help me with flashback scenes for a faith-based mystery-thriller on a peculiar dream I had in October of that same year this was shot.

@nebula3911

3 жыл бұрын

Somewhere jayz is selling crack

@selinarobinson7731

3 жыл бұрын

Yessss

WOW I was wondering how it looks today, and thats great to see it is sooo much better than it was! I'm proud of the ones who decided to clean it up and hopefully life is better for the people who live there now!

@HonestArttsEntertain

2 ай бұрын

looks better, but the same ole ish. Harlem before the 80s looked better than the 2020s. Give it some time and it will sadly look like this again.

Nyc returning to this ! Thanks dems

I was 20 years old back in 1989. I was a college student upstate New York @ the State University Of New York College at Oswego. I recall very vividly how the city looked back then. I’d say 3/4 of the city was like this. Not just Harlem. Glad to see things got better

@sashabertold3731

Жыл бұрын

Agree!!!

@smelltheglove2038

Жыл бұрын

It’s just as bad now. Most of the buildings are sitting vacant, give it time and they’ll crumble again. Some people just can’t keep things nice.

@Dinojong

Жыл бұрын

@@smelltheglove2038 What in sandpiper are you talking about? Your comment is rubbish.

@liberatedentrepreneur149

Жыл бұрын

@@smelltheglove2038 You must be from a different Manhattan than the one in NYC

@pepsiq11965

Жыл бұрын

LMAO, What a Liar!!!!

Wow, it makes more sense now why early 90's rap from New Yorkers like Biggie and Nas was very dark but real

@VanDGrrl

6 ай бұрын

It sucked . I left at 18. Never looked back

@davosholdos1253

5 ай бұрын

Immortal technique "Harlem streets"

@liquiddevil7396

5 ай бұрын

Biggie’s from Brooklyn and Nas is from Queens but yeah the whole city was a lot rougher back then

@EnochianServant

5 ай бұрын

THAT WAS TO KEEP THE PRISONS PACKED SILLY. SAME PPL WHO OWN LABEL INDSTRY OWN PRISON SYST

@jankocbek85

4 ай бұрын

Yes. Oh why did capitalists, Europeans and non communists wreck these neighbourhoods and put innocent marxists there

It weird it's like all old videos have a orange filter to them and new footage has a grey filter.

@kinthirteen

22 күн бұрын

Yeah I’ve noticed this too, I like the old look, they must have picked up on different light or something with the old way, I think digital cameras work quite a bit differently but I’m not entirely sure how

Excelente documental me recuerda esos tiempos...

These kind of videos are literally time capsules. So thankful for them

By the grace of God, October 6, 1989 the day I got sober. 33 years of continious sobriety. Living in Hawaii with a paid off house. All of what I had comes from sobriety. Looking at Harlem, is a reminder where I don't want to be, mentally or physically. A lot of people I'm seeing are dead already.😮

@Blubkeks100

3 ай бұрын

Sober means for you? No booze no nothin' ?

@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN

3 ай бұрын

@@Blubkeks100 yes, some people might need help from a doctor . That’s between them and the doctor.

@Blubkeks100

3 ай бұрын

@@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN Nah i was asking you how you define sobriety:D Not even drinking beer?

@MrHAPPYHAWAIIAN

3 ай бұрын

@@Blubkeks100 no, I abused the privilege. I never drank socially, always drank to excess. Everything I have in life is directly tied to me getting sober.😀

@user-ld4mp8mq8y

3 ай бұрын

Ты в Сибирь скатайся, там трезвым не выживешь :)

I really like watching videos like this, especially about old America

It's funny how people look at the 80s with nostalgic affection. Yeah, it was generally a great time for me because I was a teenager in LA and loved the heavy metal scene on the Sunset Strip. But people forget that this was also the era of crack addiction, high crime and gang violence, drive by shootings and AIDS. Girls wore oversized flannels and baggy pants, and crunched their hair together with tons of hair spray. It itched when you tried to kiss them. Parents also lost their jobs and we lived off mac and cheese and top ramen. Good times. But I still miss those days.

@wizardtyumen8478

16 күн бұрын

>Girls wore oversized flannels and baggy pants, and crunched their hair together with tons of hair spray any cons?

This is the Harlem i remember when i used to visit my auntie in the late 80's through the mid 90's my auntie still lives in Harlem in the same brownstone she bought with her late husband(my late uncle Juan)in 1970 she's now 75 years young still feisty as ever and she still won't move from Harlem even though she's been offered close to $2million for her brownstone she told me God forbid she passes away she's leaving the house to me and my sister

@ye23.

2 жыл бұрын

Wooo you’ll be cashing in! A milli each easy…

@oldscoolcooldiecast1879

2 жыл бұрын

I bet it's a nightmare to keep taxes paid on every year but worth every penny to her she's seen it all

@Casinogirl56

2 жыл бұрын

I'd be curious to know what they paid for it when they bought it, and what that would translate out into 2021 dollars adjusted for inflation.

@morenitomoreno1282

2 жыл бұрын

Don't you dare sell that shit to some gentrifiers lol.

@ye23.

2 жыл бұрын

@@morenitomoreno1282 he can sell it and buy more property with it

This looks like an opening scene from a Charles Bronson movie.

@smalon75

3 жыл бұрын

My first thought watching this video was 'Death Wish'.

@beatmastersimperium8864

3 жыл бұрын

I swear right lol like death wish 3 lol

@7Andy77

3 жыл бұрын

Totally

@liquidgold40oz

3 жыл бұрын

LoL 😆 ..

@anda6963

3 жыл бұрын

Or an MJ video... Wesley snipes and all..

The Detroit housing shown was huge, those are large, well constructed houses. I'm struck by the extensive use of brick columns in the front of many of these homes, sometimes setting off a single first level porch but often supporting porches on both the first and second levels. But the houses just seem so large and well constructed. What a shame.

damn man how long you been doing this?

I am almost in tears. We lived there as young children in the 1960’s. It looked nothing like this. It was safe and beautiful. Tears

@fred5149

2 жыл бұрын

That is sad .what happened ?

@haleyjones3688

2 жыл бұрын

The US government turned a blind eye to the transportation of cocaine into the USA. At that time it made it's way into low income and poverty stricken communities. Often times those commies were made of the minorities because let's not forget we were still battling with SEGREGATION?!?! The fact that that was even part of our history is simply repulsive. The number of arrest made in the 1980s pertaining to drugs went up significantly and you guessed it! Over 60% of those arrest were of minorities in areas of poverty. This resulted in a very negative outlook on African Americans at the time time which resulted in the lack of funding to certain cities, schools, and districts. In turn, the precious city you loved in the 1960s was made that way intentionally to further degrade and dehumanize the minorities. The fact that shortly before that time we had just ended WW2, MLKJ. was murdered, the outlook on racism was turning tide as many stood up for their human rights says a lot about where the government truly had power. No longer could they physically control the minorities so they turned the communities and the law against them to work in their favor. Its the most hellish thing America could have done. This city looked like this at the hands of our government. We still fight for equal funding to low income areas TO THIS DAY and cities all across the USA are in shambles due to the recklessness of the US government. Not proud to be an American with this historical fact living in my head. We need change then and we need it today and we need it tomorrow. BLM

@MrYS-eo5zw

2 жыл бұрын

Drugs

@thetdsisreal5548

2 жыл бұрын

@@haleyjones3688 burn loot murder

@pos2402

2 жыл бұрын

Don't cry ma

A 18 year old back then would be 50 years old today. If he made it

@nigerjenkins6372

3 жыл бұрын

Right

@Mont-Ster147St.

3 жыл бұрын

Yea! A bunch of us survived. 👑

@MoniqueLMontague

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! I am one of those 18 year olds who is 50 (actually 54) today. What makes me a bit upset about this is although it was rough, not all blocks looked like this. Mine didn't. It wasn't pristine either, but not like this video. Same for my Aunt's block, my scout leader's, my church and my school's block. Yes there were too many like these, but it was not the whole story by a long shot.

@blacklyfe5543

3 жыл бұрын

No you're off by 10 years

@stevenrogers8939

3 жыл бұрын

I was 15 back then but lived in California.

I was born in Harlem, moved to Pennsylvania when I was 9. When I came back to visit NY was so different from what I remember as a kid and teen going back lol THIS is the ny I remember

The '89 footage reminds me of arcade brawlers of that era, like Vigilante, Double Dragon, Ninja Warriors...

I live in Harlem now. This video is amazing at showing the transformation of the neighborhood.

@familylifetoo9541

2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video of the same area now. It would be nice to see.

@familylifetoo9541

2 жыл бұрын

I now see the video till the end.

@davidchevez4690

2 жыл бұрын

The Solution? Gentrification.

@theodorefrazier9553

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidchevez4690 absolutely best thing that happened to Harlem. I wouldn’t have moved here if it wasn’t somewhat gentrified

@sticksnstonespatriot1728

2 жыл бұрын

Diversity:

Crazy to think that this was only 30 years ago!

@makeenhodge8800

3 жыл бұрын

Only?

@kershino2427

3 жыл бұрын

32 years ago

@DialloMoore503

3 жыл бұрын

@@makeenhodge8800 That’s only three decades.

@MN12warbird

3 жыл бұрын

A lifetime ago it feels

@profesae

3 жыл бұрын

@@DialloMoore503 4 decade actually

This is wild to look at. I lived in NYC in 1989 and it’s like I totally forgot Harlem used to look like this. I definitely avoided certain areas and stuck to more “established” areas of Harlem if I went there, but you still had to be careful. You go down the wrong block and you could find yourself in serious trouble.

And there’s plenty of cities in America that are of the opposite of this. That looked great in 89 and now look like Harlem did in 89

Notice nobody looking down at phones or anything back in the 80's this is crazy... great video my guy keep it up...

@billy_casanova

3 жыл бұрын

Cuz nobody had phones df💀

@3dollawill

3 жыл бұрын

Nah they just on pagers and pay phones

@Tommyr

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, back then people had real lives to live. It's sad what today has become.

@billy_casanova

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tommyr so niggas don’t have real lives cuz of phones? Ok den throw yo phone always shawdy💀

@chasewoo6524

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tommyr Everybody still has a real life to live, besides it is natural for civilizations to advance and better their technology. You must be a very pessimistic person to have that kind of mindset that people today don’t live “real lives” in fact I don’t think you have a “real life” yourself. Happy Mother’s Day you boomer !

This is the NY I remember. My family took a trip there once in the mid 1980s and we accidentally drove through some of the bad parts and it looked just like this.

Времена, когда Союз был целым, снег был белым и наши люди не знали что из себя представляют "штаты" и судили о них лишь по голивудским фильмам.

Спасибо.очень интересно.но было бы лучше если ехать по тем же улицам где снимали 1989 году.привет из Харькова

When people ask me what Detroit is like I’m going say think of Harlem in the 80s.

@brettthomas6327

2 жыл бұрын

Yup and Ohio is getting there as well, murders and homicides are skyrocketing

@MrSASTIRE

2 жыл бұрын

@@brettthomas6327 not something to take pride in, it's not a competition on who lives in a shittier area

@omarcrawford66

2 жыл бұрын

wow thas crazy

@jackyourmotherisapussyassc8565

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrSASTIRE actually it is haha, the higher the crime rate is in your city. the cooler it makes you look

@johnfoltz8183

2 жыл бұрын

Or the Bronx in the early 1980s.

I'm from Brooklyn. I first went to Harlem in the summer of 1988. I was a little kid and was just shocked and amazed. I've still never seen anywhere as "LIT" as a hot summer night in 1980's Harlem. I'm glad I have those memories.

@ignaciopullum9891

2 жыл бұрын

Coney Island here. I remember walking through Harlem and the Bronx and it looked like bombed out WWII Germany. No life or sense of hope. Gentrification has does wonders, but at what expense ?

@kshenriques

2 жыл бұрын

@@ignaciopullum9891 I agree. Gentrification is going to be harder to come to the Bronx but it may happen

@letsgobrandon6439

2 жыл бұрын

@@ignaciopullum9891 expense? What harm has it caused when the alternative is known? Property, especially in high tax high regulation NYC is very expensive. No capital, no upkeep. If landlords can't make money, they burn the place like 1980's Harlem. Only other way to reduce rents is cut the absurd Property taxes but we both know that will never happen.

@mrmrso228

2 жыл бұрын

Washington Heights in 1988 was even worse and lit was an understatement, especially at night. Almost every street east of Broadway was filled with Jehri curl haired hicks with no socks selling cocaine and crack.

@mrmrso228

2 жыл бұрын

@@ignaciopullum9891 I've been in the Bronx for almost 30 years after living in Inwood for 18 years. Yes, a lot of the Bronx was burned out. But a lot of it wasn't, like where I live now. Gentrification has its good side and bad side. I don't worry about gentrifiers coming to my neighborhood. It's too far from "the city" (as they call it) and they wouldn't like the Italian/Albanian vibe in the neighborood. Which I'm good with.

That was crazy, how did you get such clear good footage from 1989?!

Can't even get a good video of aliens on an I phone but this guys done this before even the first Nokia came out 😅

Harlem, The South Bronx, Brownsville Brooklyn and the Lower East Side all looked like war zones in the 70's through the 80's.. As messed up as certain parts of the city was it was still magical in a lot of ways.

@yoelyando7644

3 жыл бұрын

Facts!!!!!

@thedarkage187

2 жыл бұрын

Because the children of Israel is the Salt of the earth despite the conditions.....Israelites were in these neighborhoods. We are in the hands of our enemies down bad.

@ebiz2085

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedarkage187 shut tf up

@thedarkage187

2 жыл бұрын

@@ebiz2085 That's the reason people like you were in that building that fell and crush those people down in Miami over 100 people gone Mn Wmn and children and I wont feel sorry for you when you're demise come.

@Vision.Target.Shoot1

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedarkage187 Remember what happened to Miriam and Aaron in the Bible when they were prejudice?

Back in the days you couldn't give those buildings away, now they're worth millions multimillions of dollars. Each one you see now.

@Truth_Serum_1

2 жыл бұрын

@Winner Takes Awll wow, you teaching somebody something. Read between the lines of what I said.

@roxannetaylor3015

2 жыл бұрын

Gentrification!!!! Plain and simple!!😑😑

@ellismeah5127

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder why ,getting rid of the drug gangs bringing in the civilised ,always helps

@Truth_Serum_1

2 жыл бұрын

@@omardelmar 🤡👈

@RogerLoera

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the guy/girl who bought a couple of buildings in this era is sitting on a goldmine if he or she hasn't sold them.

Оказалось, что не так просто создавать сильное государство без незаконных денег от продажи рабов и без разграбления слабых стран, да? Это закат Америки. И это справедливо. Заслужили.

You have to be the 1st KZreadR.

Do you know how much money the person recording had to have, to be recording with a camera AND have a beeper/pager in 1989?😱🤑

@FromtheeyesofShaun

3 жыл бұрын

Right! Charlie was that boi 🤣🤣😂🔥

@angelgjr1999

3 жыл бұрын

Get a union job and you too can afford nice things!

@gregorypearsall3626

3 жыл бұрын

Nah this dude is the Feds been watching y'all since 89 n*$$@

@ellaarrfwfegrw5141

3 жыл бұрын

@@gregorypearsall3626 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@May9ninth

3 жыл бұрын

Sources say camera was robbed from news company and sold for $10 worth of crack 👏

I grew up in queens in the 80s. Finally moved when I was 12 in 89. Imagine moving from this to a small town of about 5,000 population in the middle of South Carolina 😆 talk about a culture shock.

@NinoG053

3 жыл бұрын

You ever go back to NY ?

@georgegeorgepht

3 жыл бұрын

@@NinoG053 yes. And it seemed like an extremely over populated , extremely cramped living situation for everyone there. No way would I ever live there again. Even if u paid me.

@gregtucker417

2 жыл бұрын

I moved from rural NJ to rural PA when I was about 15, and even then.. there was some element of culture shock. So, I can only imagine what you experienced was like day N night.

@the9likesfemdom

2 жыл бұрын

Wow having lived in Ny and Philly I know im in a small town on the west coast but South Carolina is different

@hippiegoddess8372

2 жыл бұрын

@@NinoG053 haven't been to that state been stuck for awhile,hopefully sometime before I die again I'll see more of the world

Damn Charlie how long you been doing this?

That's where both my parents are from. I was born in 1981.

This is how I remember the city as a kid. It’s amazing how those buildings could be so beautiful if they weren’t so rundown and vacant that’s when they used to put a lot of time and effort into constructing buildings. Am I the only one that’s most intrigued by the old cars? You just don’t see those anymore

@justinbowen1183

9 ай бұрын

You dont see 'em anymore because they were gas guzzlers and were a boat to drive.. thats probably back when they still used metal body work instead of fiberglass

@oooshafiqooo4722

8 ай бұрын

Im enraged with the fall of Harlem from their renaissance period in the '20s

@GladEnthusiast

8 ай бұрын

Modern cars all look very similar to one another and most are boring and ugly.

@peternielsen8601

8 ай бұрын

@@GladEnthusiast Agreed.

@peternielsen8601

8 ай бұрын

I also liked the cars. Cars nowadays are really so boring, looking apathetic, having no personality. Cars in the old days had some kind of "life" in them.

5:23 For you young folks here, that’s what we call a pay phone. This is a device that we had to insert quarters, nickels, or dimes into so we could communicate with each other when we were away from home.

@thischannelisinactiveimsor9500

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who had grown up in the second half of the 2000's I remember pay phones would be by bus stops, gas stations, and by the McDonald's along with those newspaper stands. Now they are just graffiti'd structures with no phone attached. They started to disappear in the 2010's

@willd2620

3 жыл бұрын

Or collect if you couldn’t get a quarter

@rbdagoat2000

3 жыл бұрын

They were around until like… I believe the early 2010s, but I remember them being all around NYC

@justiceneeded01

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao! I remember thinking I was sooooo cool when I got my first pager and having to find a payphone to return a page🤣😎😂

@kingwyse6327

3 жыл бұрын

90s baby 2000 kid...1991 was my year

Я гулял. Я в Америке первый раз. Я же не знаю, что у вас не везде можно ходить. У нас вот везде можно. Я на метро ехал, увидел в окошко красивые дома, вышел. Около бара какого-то они начали приставать.

and this was at that time and still is, richest city in the world, in the richest country in the world. We were moving pretty slowly, starting from industrial revolution, even in 1989 global economy and accumulated wealth and overal development was pretty low. People in comment section are saying that most of the city look like this, we're not talking about few random streets. Comparing to today, changes are vast and are only accelerating each year.

My aunt lived in Manhattan in the 1980s. I remember going with my parents to visit her a few times. All of NY was pretty bad. You'd pass by burnt out cars on Wall St. and police investigating a murder scene in the middle of the day a couple of blocks from the WTC. Central Park was pretty bad during the day. At night it was pretty much a no-go area.

@switch12345678

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to the 1990s, Giuliani cleared all the trash off the streets.

@switch12345678

2 жыл бұрын

@@astheworldburns3590 Because you were the guy everybody was afraid of, gangsta.

@money4life188

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZN4ypOHfrXPqLg.html this was Harlem before the drug epidemic

@desmo78

2 жыл бұрын

And its still like that today.

@duquanjacqueswimbletonii594

2 жыл бұрын

@@desmo78 no

0:18 My mom still lives in that building with the omega oil advertisement. It's of course remodel except her apt she's the oldest tenant there

@WhatYaReading

2 жыл бұрын

What street is this in Harlem??

@KDIZZZZY08

2 жыл бұрын

@@WhatYaReading that was 148th st 8th ave he was driving up to 7th Ave on 148th in that video clip.

@WhatYaReading

2 жыл бұрын

@@KDIZZZZY08 ok. I jogged Powell (7th) and Douglas (8th) from 125th to 155th. It had the feeling of the hood but if it still looked like this I would have hurried back downtown. I’m from New Orleans, 7th ave reminded me of N.Claiborne here.

@KDIZZZZY08

2 жыл бұрын

@@WhatYaReading it's definitely a major change this was the Harlem I remember growing up in. It molded me into the strong mind survivor I am now. I am a bit shocked at how poverty stricken my childhood neighborhood looks in this video and managed to survive and NOT become a product of my environment

@WhatYaReading

2 жыл бұрын

@@KDIZZZZY08 Word. I was born in 1979 and I remember guys all the way here in New Orleans talking about Harlem, Alpo and Rich before that movie was made.

Thank you for this piece of history I am from Ukraine 38 years old we have same buildings there 🎉

Waking up every day and living, it's sometimes hard to see the world "change" because it happens in such small increments and we might not notice them. But watch a video like this, and damn, you can see a huge difference 30 years makes.

@taemac10

3 жыл бұрын

It actually hasn't changed much.

@MrGriff305

2 жыл бұрын

Things are much better now. Positive change is happening, but you'd never know it from watching Fox News. The ghettos are the fallout from Jim Crowe and worse, but progress must continue to be made in spite of conservatives. It's hard to believe that America was THE economic powerhouse on the planet in the 1980s, yet the poverty was still so rampant.

@fakeytube6698

8 ай бұрын

@@MrGriff305 Wow you really bought into the propaganda huh lol

@MrGriff305

8 ай бұрын

@@fakeytube6698 No. I said the exact opposite. Work on reading comprehension.

@fakeytube6698

8 ай бұрын

@@MrGriff305 I read it. You have a low IQ, it's okay. Just stay out of politics. And stop liking your own comments.

I was 17 years old in 1989. It's amazing how quickly the time has passed by....!!

@murdvre

2 жыл бұрын

Damn

@swaggertt3106

2 жыл бұрын

so ur only 51 its crazy to me I would think ya ass like 70-80 hearing u was almost 20 in 1989 lol but your still young god bless.

@asteri8638

2 жыл бұрын

Damn bcth u old

@pikpik42

Жыл бұрын

props for surviving

@jahclspuyess3108

Жыл бұрын

Can I take you out for lunch n you tell me your crazy stories

One thing I noticed in the video was the image quality was much higher than in previous years

I visited NYC in 1992 for the first time and we stayed in a youth hostel in Harlem. Our car was broken in the frist night, because my sister left her backpack in it. But as far as I can remember it was much nicer there, a little bit dirty, but not all these demolished buildings.