My grandparents, father and aunts made frequent trips from Colorado to New York. My grandfather was born in Ohio but spent his early youth in the Bronx. When his mother passed away he was raised by a maternal aunt and uncle, who also lived in New York.
In the early 1980s I lived in Bergen County, New Jersey, a 40-minute ride to New York City via the Holland Tunnel. New York City in the 1980s formed many fond memories for me. The older photos of New York in my grandfather’s archive bring me a lot of pleasure. I can compare them to 2017 New York and 1982 New York. So much has changed, yet so much remains recognizable, even today.
Robin and Debbie Allen, World’s Fair, Astoria, Queens 1963 
World’s Fair, Astoria Queens, 1963 
Manhattan from above, 1963 
Manhattan skyline at night, circa 1955 
Chrysler Building, circa 1955 
Robin, Fabian and Debbie Allen, Pan Am World Port, JFK Airport, 1963 
Manhattan skyline 
Fabyan and Debbie Allen, Empire State Building Observation Deck, 1963 
Robin, Fabyan and Debbie Allen, World’s Fair, Astoria, Queens, 1963 
Debbie Allen, World’s Fair, Astoria, Queens, 1963 
World’s Fair, Astoria, Queens, 1963 
Rocky and Fabyan Allen, United Nations Building, circa 1955 
Central Park, circa 1955 
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, circa 1955 
Manhattan, 1963 
Rocky and Walter Allen, Manhattan, 1963 
Lower plaza, Rockefeller Center, 1955 
En route, 1955 
Times Square, 1955 
A view from the New York Public Library, 1955
W R Allen Photography 