New York, Then and Now (1981 and 2024 ish)

Yale Truck, 12th Avenue and 40th Street, near Pier 81 (Scan from June 1981) Google Earth view from 2024ish shows the Truck has gone and much redevelopment.

Looking towards Wall Street from the East River (Scan from June 1981) The Google Earth view from 2024ish.

Waterside Generating Station between 38th and 40th Streets, from the East River (Scan from June 1981) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterside_Generating_Station GE view from 2024 shows the now vacant land some 43 years later.

United Nations Headquarters from the East River (Scan from June 1981 View from Wikipedia 2024.

Governer’s Island Ferry Terminal from the East River (Scan from June 1981) Google Earth view in 2024 some 43 years later.

Looking up W 42nd Street from 12th Avenue (Scan from June 1981) The Google Earth view from 2024 shows much development in the area over the last 43 years. The small brown building in the original picture (centre left, far side of 11th Avenue) can just be seen on the GE view. It is now FedEx Ship Centre.

Looking towards the American Merchant Mariner’s Memorial and Pier A Harbor House, Battery Park (Scan from June 1981) The concrete block to the middle right of the original picture may be part of The East Coast Memorial. The building structure now obscuring The Mariners Memorial and Harbor House in 2024 is State City Cruises and was constructed around the year 2000.

Looking along 34th Street towards the Empire State Building from the Hudson River (Scan from June 1981. The tall building in front of the Empire State building is 250 West 34th street and constructed in 1970, just 11 years before our visit in 1981. 230m high with 57 floors. The tall building on the left side of 34th street is the New Yorker 34th Street and 8th Avenue. Art Deco building completed in 1930. The pictures to the right and bottom are from Google Earth showing the location in 2024, some 43 years later

Ellis Island (Scan from June 1981) Google Earth view from 2024.