New York City subway station (1982) - a photo on Flickriver

New York City subway station (1982)

            © photo by Paul Wright

This is a photograph of my friend Kim in a New York City subway station, in November 1982. It was risky taking photographs in the subway back then because there was a good chance you would get mugged and have your camera stolen.

In the background is a poster with the words: ‘Scuse me, while you’re standin’ there… here’s 5 ways not to get mugged. Only three examples are left on the poster, the other two have been ripped off by vandals!

In the 1983 edition of the New York Blue Guide book there was some advice on travelling by subway:

“SUBWAY SAFETY: The New York subway system has a reputation for crime and filth which is not undeserved. Stations have been vandalised, cars sprayed with graffiti, platforms are smelly and filthy in many stations. In 1981 there were 15,812 felonies in the transit system including 13 murders, but it is also true that more than three million travellers ride the system daily and survive. Use common sense; be alert to your surroundings; stay with other people; don’t go down empty stairwells or ride in empty cars; don’t lean over the edge of the platform; if in doubt stay near the conductor who has a telephone, as does the attendant at the toll booth.”

Taken in: United States / New York / New York (show map)

Taken on: November 1, 1982

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