"Wow, this area was still called the Bowery."
"The last ATM that the government shut down!"
"$5 for a Subway sub? So cheap! And this was before Subway merged with Starbucks to create StarSubs (SubBanks?)."
"Freedom Towers should be completed in just another 7 years."
"Only $4.75 for a Coke at old Yankee Stadium? Bargain!"
"Ha! Look! No ads on the bridge!"
"How quaint! When there were shoe repair shops run by people who have been in business 40-plus years!"
"Pay phones....Wha....?"
"Wow, the Christodora was the tallest building on the block; and before Ford Models bought it for their girls!"
"No shopping mall on Grand and Clinton?!"
"The Staten Island Ferry was free!"
"Ha ha ha -- remember when there were newspapers?"
"Wonder when that $20 million will kick in for the repairs at St. Brigid's..."
"Iggy hasn't aged a bit!"
"Wow, a corner on the Bowery without a high rise...and that was the best Bond since Thunderball!"