At the dawn of the 1990s, New York City was in an unremittingly bleak state. It brought yet another all-time record high in violent crime.By the mid 1990s, crime rates started to drop dramatically due to revised police strategies, improving economic opportunities, gentrification, and new residents, both American transplants and new immigrants from Asia and Latin America. Important new sectors, such as Silicon Alley, emerged in the city’s economy.By the time the 1990s ended, the city was pulling in 7 million more tourists a year while the city’s population began to grow for the first time in decades.French illustrator and photographer Watchman took these fascinating photographs that show scenes of New York City in May 1990. Initiation, Downtown NYC, USA
8th avenue at night, Downtown, NYC, USA
Avenue of the Americas (6th av), Downtown NYC, USA
Avenue of the Americas (6th av), Downtown NYC, USA
Avenue of the Americas (6th av), Downtown NYC, USA
Battery Park City, NYC, USA
Battery Park City, NYC, USA
Battery Park Underpass, NYC, USA
Battery Park, Lower Manhattan, NYC, USA
Battery Park, NYC, USA
Battery Park, NYC, USA
Bleecker St (and the Pink Pussy Cat Boutique!), The Village, Downtown NYC, USA
Broadway, Downtown NYC, USA
Broadway, Downtown NYC, USA
Broadway, Downtown NYC, USA
Broadway, Downtown NYC, USA
City Hall, NYC, USA
City Hall, NYC, USA
City Hall, NYC, USA
City Hall, NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Downtown NYC, USA
Empire State, view by my window, 8th avenue, Downtown NYC, USA
Figure of the Empire State, Downtown NYC, USA.jpg
Financial district, World Trade Center, Downtown NYC, USA
La dispute, Downtown NYC, USA
Museum For American Indian, NYC, USA
Neighborhood of the World Trade Center, Downtown NYC, USA
New York skyline, NYC, USA
NYC view from Twin Towers, NYC, USA
NYC view from Twin Towers, NYC, USA
NYC view from Twin Towers, NYC, USA
NYC view from Twin Towers, NYC, USA
NYC view from Twin Towers, NYC, USA
Radio City Music Hall, 6th avenue, Downtown NYC, USA
Radio City Music Hall, 6th avenue, Downtown NYC, USA
Rockefeller Center, 5th avenue, NYC, USA
Rockefeller Center, 5th avenue, NYC, USA
St. Nicolas Church, Downtown NYC, USA
The Village, Downtown NYC, USA
The Village, Downtown NYC, USA
Tribeca (Triangle Below Canal Street), Downtown NYC, USA
TriBeCa, Downtown NYC, USA
Twin Towers & Battery Park City, NYC, USA
Twin Towers, NYC, USA
Twin Towers, NYC, USA
View by my window, 8th avenue, Downtown, NYC, USA
View by my window, 8th avenue, Downtown, NYC, USA
View by my window, 8th avenue, Downtown, NYC, USA
View from Columbus Circle, Downtown NYC, USA
Washington Square, Downtown NYC, USA