New York City today looks nothing like it did in the 1980s. The skyscrapers, the storefronts, even entire neighborhoods have changed dramatically. But now, thanks to a remarkable project, you can step back in time and see exactly what the city looked like four decades ago —no time machine required.

A Map That Lets You Walk Through the ’80s

The website 80s.NYC takes more than 800,000 photos from the New York City Municipal Archives’ Department of Finance Collection and transforms them into a street-level view of the five boroughs in the 1980s.

Every single building, from Manhattan’s iconic avenues to Brooklyn’s brownstones and even vacant lots, was photographed in the mid-1980s for tax purposes. The result? A stunning, searchable archive that captures the city street by street, bloc

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