HARLEM NEW YORK 1989 CRACK EPIDEMIC VS HARLEM HOODS 2020

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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.

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

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

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!

Now he time travels to the worst hoods.

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.

Wow, much appreciated for this footage.

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.

Those apartments probably sell for millions of dollars today

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

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

I live on one the streets they drove down in the 2020 clip, so interesting to see the comparison. Not from NYC originally but from downtown Chicago and to have seen so many of the changes there in the last 20 years has been crazy too.

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.

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

In 1968 we were in Manhattan for the day and got lost and ended up in Harlem. Not good back then, especially for a young white couple in a brand new gold Mustang fastback. We went down one street in an attempt to get to the main avenue. Lots of people in the street, who refused to move, buildings with no windows, garbage everywhere. We had never seen anything like it. We were forced to stop. Our car was surrounded. People, mostly young males were punching the hood and windows yelling at us. Then one boy around 10 had a pigeon in his hands. He ripped off its wings and smeared the bloody body across the drivers side windshield. We revved the engine and they let us by. NYC had some unbelievably bad, seriously bad areas. We were born in NYC, Brooklyn, but as naive teens, we really did not grasp the ugly reality and danger of inner city ghettos. We never got lost again. If it looked bad in 1989, you should have seen how bad it looked in the ‘60’s.

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

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

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

The cars back then were eye candy 🤩