WSR Editor’s note: We thought it fitting to end Throwback Thursday with the photographer’s favorite photos from the hundreds and hundreds that ran in the series over the past year. So we asked Stephen Harmon to send us his top picks.
“How many can I send?” he asked via email. “As many as you want,” we wrote back, thinking he’d stick close to the 12-14 photos we ran each week. He sent 50! What a bonus! Instead of running them all at once or eliminating any, we’ve decided to offer a three-week finale to Throwback Thursday, starting this week.
TBT lives!
Text and photographs by Stephen Harmon
It has been my honor and pleasure to have West Side Rag publish my photos of the Upper West Side people, streets, businesses, and storefronts that I loved from those wonderful now-vanished days of the 1970s and 80s.
I thank all of you who looked at them and especially those of you who made positive and kind comments about the photos. Many people have asked me if I have favorite photos from those bygone days. Of course I loved them all and it is almost impossible to edit them down to a few, but I have tried and here they are — quite a few more than my editor expected! As always, I hope you find something to enjoy.
I bid you a fond farewell and hope to see you on the streets of today’s UWS. I will have a big Nikon camera around my neck.
Next Thursday, The Finale, Part 2
Stephen Harmon is a longtime Upper West Sider, a retired lawyer, and a world-class photographer whose work is on display in many of the city’s museums, including The Museum of the City of New York, The Brooklyn Museum, New York Historical, and The New York Public Library.
Check out our audio interview with Stephen Harmon on Rag Radio — HERE.
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