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Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
« 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

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!

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Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2015, 10:44:29 AM »
Awesome.

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Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
« Reply #2 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!

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Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2015, 08:02:08 PM »
Loved this, I was tearing up a little at the end.

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Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2015, 07:01:36 AM »
Absolutely wonderful.

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Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2018, 05:16:08 PM »
WOW

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Re: Jackson Heights in the 1970s - a fantastic homemade video!
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2018, 03:59:19 PM »
I know a couple of these guys and even dated one! Really speaks of those times.