The Flickr Vintagecamaro Image Generatr

I always felt sorry for this 1967 Chevy Camaro sitting on grass about 5 miles from my house. Every time I passed by, it just got rustier. In winters, it was covered with snow and ice. The car never moved an inch in 10 years. Pearl River NY. May 2002. by WAVZ 13

This once extremely cool car just rotted away more and more with each passing season. I always wondered why the owner left it sitting there for at least 10 years.

==> The back story: In 2002, I found my original 1972 Kodak Pocket Instamatic 40 buried deep in a box in the basement, which triggered a quick drive to our local Dollar General to buy a cartridge of Ferrania brand 110 film. On the way home, I snapped a couple of photos of this really sad, forgotten Camaro using the same camera which took hundreds of my 1970s images.

All American Muscle by Pomona Swap Meet

From the era of great NYC movies like "The French Connection", "The 7-Ups", "The Taking of Pelham 123", I was inspired as a teen to wander and photograph the demise of the city. Abandoned West Side Highway with a stolen, burned out Camaro. New York. 1975 by WAVZ 13

I originally uploaded this image about 6 years ago. I'm hoping that people who haven't seen it previously can experience its iconic look at New York during the depths of the city's financial crisis and malaise era.

Here's a quote from a great book about 1960s and 70s New York called "The Ungovernable City" by Vincent J Cannato...

"Stabbings, robberies, muggings, graffiti, arson and rape began to strike a wider and wider portion of the population. Burglaries made people feel vulnerable, even in their once-safe homes and apartments. It wasn't just the reality of crime and sense of broadening disorder that hurt. It was the raw fear and perception of vulnerability that seeped into every interaction of daily life...."

By the way, here's the same view today:
www.google.com/maps/@40.7464587,-74.0079914,3a,75y,5.87h,...