PHOTO: As Police and residents riot over control of the park, an injured man is wheeled out on a stretcher in the summer of 1988, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Squatters set fire to their pre-fab housing in Tompkins Square Park as firefighters try to extinguish them during protests in 1989, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: In 1989, a year after the Police riot, demonstrators meet again in Tompkins Square to protest the tearing down of squatters' shacks, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: A year after the 88 Police riot, demonstrators showdown with cops again over squatters' rights and the park's homeless population. Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Betty Boop made her Macy's Parade debut in 1985. Check her out floating high above Times Square at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Rev. James Parks Morton blesses an elephant at the Blessing of the Animals ceremony in 1985, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Wildman Steve Brills was famously arrested in 1983 for leading his ecological tours of the city's parks. Here he is with some wild garlic outside Prospect Park in 1987, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Skaters charge from the starting line to begin the 26.2 mile Brooklyn Rollathon in 1980, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Pedestrians battle fierce winds and rain during Hurricane Gloria in 1985, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Artist Keith Haring at work on a giant six-story banner saluting the Statue of Liberty on her 100th birthday in 1986, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Front page of Tuesday, December 9, 1980, edition of the Daily News, with headline reading "John Lennon Slain Here - Ex-Beatle Shot; Nab Suspect," at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Tony and Emmy award winning actor Gregory Hines stops in for a drink in this pic from 1989, at the link! Leggi tutto.
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! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Diana Ross seems ready to take off at her 1983 concert in Central Park. Click "More Info" to view photo. Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: In 1983, New Zealander Rod Dixon left second-place Geoff Smith on the ground after a narrow victory. Click "More Info" for this incredible historic pic! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Richard Nixon prefers coffee, and takes it at an unknown UES diner near here in 1980, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Former President Jimmy Carter takes a stroll with his wife outside in 1984, but doesn't come in for a movie. You'll see why, at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Johnny Roastbeef gets whacked after buying a Caddy and fur coat for his wife. Martin Scorsese filming "Goodfellas" around the corner at Hillside and Bessemer St in 1989. Photo at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Charlie Rouse plays a sax tribute at the funeral for jazz legend Thelonious Monk in 1982, at the link. Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: In 1983, New Zealander Rod Dixon left second-place Geoff Smith on the ground after a narrow victory. Click "More Info" for this incredible historic pic! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: Fastest woman in New York! Marathon legend Grete Waitz crosses finish line during 1984 New York City Marathon. Photo at the link! Leggi tutto.
PHOTO: In 1985 the Daily News caught this incredible shot of the Castellano mob hit right outside the restaurant, at the link! Leggi tutto.
