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Title: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
Post by: alexnaveira on August 05, 2015, 12:08:52 AM
Hi all! I'm new here. Hoping I post in the right section. :)

I found this cool video - Jackson Heights in the 70s filmed by high-school students. It's really neat to get a good look at the neighborhood 30 years ago in film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x1ILIsN7lU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x1ILIsN7lU)

Name any areas you can find! I found:
-Bulova Park
-79th street on 31st Avenue (near the Lady of Fatima Church going towards Northern Boulevard, you can get a clear look at the church in the beginning of the video. Doesn't look like the school accompanying it was built yet!)
-Walbaums at 75st on 31st Avenue, formerly titled Pantry Pride, along with the area directly outside.

Enjoy the video!
Title: Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
Post by: abcdefghijk on August 05, 2015, 10:44:29 AM
Awesome.
Title: Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
Post by: itsit on August 05, 2015, 08:53:14 PM
 This is so fun. We think it shouldn't be too hard to get an id on one of those boys. It is East Elmhurst as a neighborhood-
not really JH -by todays boundaries anyway. Think the kids look like public HS students (mostly from the haircuts), probably
went to Bryant? and they were having a great time in their Queens world. Waldbaums might be a place to ask for info as
 a lot of it was filmed near or in the supermarket which has alot of people who seem to be oldtimers to the neighborhood.
 Thanks so much for posting this!
Title: Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
Post by: 718mom on August 06, 2015, 08:02:08 PM
Loved this, I was tearing up a little at the end.
Title: Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
Post by: Palermo on September 21, 2015, 07:01:36 AM
Absolutely wonderful.
Title: Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
Post by: loanlady19 on July 18, 2018, 05:16:08 PM
WOW
Title: Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
Post by: suebe on July 25, 2018, 03:59:19 PM
I know a couple of these guys and even dated one! Really speaks of those times.