18 Photographs Capture Street Scenes of New York City in The Early 1980s

In many ways New York City is a very different place to how it was in the 1970s and early 1980s. Paul Wright first visited Manhattan in 1982 when parts of the city looked semi-derelict. "It was edgy and sometimes dangerous, but the city also had a character that has been buried by property developers and chain stores." - Paul says.

Here, a collection of 18 interesting photographs of New York City in 1982 and 1983 taken by Paul Wright.

(Photos © Paul Wright)