Timeless Stories in 1970s New York: The Work of Paul McDonough – NYTimes.com

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Timeless Stories in 1970s New York

Paul McDonough’s photographs immediately evoke the New York of the 1970s. But a second glance, and a third, reveal so much more.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/timeless-stories-in-1970s-new-york/

Forget the ‘fros and the saffron robes and the 60-cent taxi meter drop; the Horn & Hardart, the Doubleday and the showroom on Broadway with Chevelles for sale.

Paul McDonough’s “New York City, 1973-1978” summons all these memories instantly for anyone old enough to recall when city buses were green. But the pictures are really not about memory.