’Welcome to Fear City’ – the inside story of New York’s civil war, 40 years on
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‘Stay away from New York City if you possibly can’ was the stark warning that greeted visitors 40 summers ago – courtesy of a mysterious ‘survival guide’ that symbolises one of the weirdest, most turbulent periods in the city’s history
The 1975 pamphlet. Photograph: islandersa1 flickr
Striking New York garbagemen stand by signs reading “Stink City” AND “Abe is nuts”. Photograph: New York Daily News Archive/Getty Images