PHOTO: Abbie Hoffman at the foot of the Alma Mater encourages students to disobey all laws in a 1970 demonstration, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Patrolmen remove the confiscated hard-core hit 'Deep Throat'' from its theatrical premier at the demolished World Theater on 49th in 1973, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: See the sculptor, Louise Nevelson, with her piece as it is prepared for installation in 1972 at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: British punk rocker Sid Vicious arrives with his mother at Manhattan Supreme Court in 1978 for indictment charging him with murder of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. View photo at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Check out this beautiful pic of Willis Reed laying up on the Bucks from 1970, and go to nydailynewspix.com for more classic Knicks photos! Read more.
PHOTO: George Harrison on guitar and Ringo Starr on drums belt out some of the songs made famous by the Beatles at a benefit concert for East Pakistan refugees in 1971, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1979 over 200,000 people gathered on the undeveloped Battery Park City landfill in antinuclear protest, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1975 soil excavated during the construction of the World Trade Center is worked into a landfill for what will become Battery Park City and the Esplanade, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: From 1976 to 1989, the Lone Star Cafe was a hit Texas-themed Village nightclub. Check out James Brown backstage in 1985 at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Before the Crowne Plaza, this was an historic Times Square movie theater. Click "More Info" to see a pic from the premier of the cult 70s fim "Deep Throat," here at the World Theater in 1973! Read more.
PHOTO: Michael Jackson tries on a pair of overalls at Barneys in 1977, with his little sister Janet Jackson in tow. Read more.
PHOTO: 1975 was the last year the New York City marathon was raced entirely inside Central Park. In this photo, runners at the marathon starting line. Read more.
PHOTO: Shots fired! Check out this amazing pic of police dodging bullets in a gun fight with hostage-takers barricaded in a sporting goods store in 1973, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: August 10, 1977. David "Son of Sam" Berkowitz, aka the .44-caliber killer, is apprehended and brought in by the NYPD. Click "More Info" to see this amazing historic pic! Read more.
PHOTO: Down the street in 1977, Sal Lupa celebrates the capture of the Son of Sam killer, David Berkowitz, outside the Elephas disco where she had been shot by Berkowitz two months earlier. Read more.
PHOTO: Right down 55th at number 416, JFK Jr.'s 18th birthday bash in 1978 ended in a brawl with photographers. Click "More Info" to see this great pic! Read more.
PHOTO: Firefighters battle the blaze after the explosion of a Weather Underground bomb in 1970. Click "More Info" to see this historic pic! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1970 a bomb built by Weather Underground accidentally exploded in this Village townhouse. Click "More Info" to see a great pic of actor Dustin Hoffman racing from his next door apartment! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1975, 30 year old Bette Midler lived right down the street at 36 Barrow! Click "More Info" and check out this classic pic of Bette outside her West Village pad. Read more.
Up the street at 205 Knickerbocker, Bonano crime boss Carmine Galante was assassinated in a mafia hit in 1979. Click "More Info" to see this amazing pic of the crime scene! Read more.
PHOTO: Check out this great pic of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger at his wife Bianca's birthday party in 1977! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1973 the station and train cars were covered with graffiti. Click "More Info" to see this incredible picture! Read more.
PHOTO: President Ford made the front page in October, 1975 with the headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead," which he later said cost him the following election. See the paper at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: President Jimmy Carter talks to reporters outside abandoned Charlotte St. tenements in 1977, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Workers lower framework into place on the top levels of the first World Trade Center during construction in 1970, at the link. Read more.
PHOTO: Sidewalk superintendents watch construction of a new skyscraper on Lafayette and Leonard in 1971, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Construction of NYC Water Tunnel No. 3 began in 1970 and is expected to continue until 2020. Check out this pic of workers inside the tunnel in 1973, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1972, John Wojtowicz held 7 Chase bank employees hostage for 14 hours, inspiring Al Pacino's role in Dog Day Afternoon. Click "More Info" to see this pic of Wojtowicz at the robbery! Read more.
PHOTO: Harlem kids shoot hoops on West 111th in 1975, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: A San Fran roller derbier is knocked off his feet by Bill Groll of the New York Chiefs during roller derby's 1973 Whirl Championships at Shea Stadium, at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: In 1975 a bomb exploded in Fraunces Tavern. Four people were killed and more than 50 were injured. The FALN, a Puerto Rican nationalist group claimed responsibility. Photo at the link! Read more.
PHOTO: Andy Warhol lived in this townhouse from 1959 to 1974 and painted some of his most famous works here. Check out this pic of of the second-floor sitting room, lavishly decorated, from 1988! Read more.
