A recent press release from Newmark Grubb Knight Frank was just too delicious for The Teller to pass up.

In it, the commercial real estate firm touts the signing of “two digital media companies” to leases at Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. The two companies are Criteo, and Streetwise Media. Criteo is a web advertising developer and Streetwise is a website developer.

These are the kids that’ll make your site or your ads look cool and edgy with modern fonts and designs and stuff.

So, the fact that Newmark Grubb decided to include a picture of the Faneuil Hall area taken before many of the people who will work at Citeo and Streetwise’s new offices were born is striking, indeed.

Take a look at that thing.

Ladies, this is a good reminder of what not to do with your hair. Ever. Gentlemen, do not allow big collars and tight, high-waist pants to make a comeback. The Teller always thought our neurotic mother was the only one who clutched her pocketbook for dear life like the woman on the right of the photo, but apparently that was just how women rolled back then.

Check out the creep on the bench just left of the center of the picture. Don’t make eye contact.

Having a laugh at Newmark Grubb for using this photo ultimately serves the firm’s purpose. That area is obviously more lively and attractive than it was 30 or so years ago. But the firm gives us reason to be sad, too.

In the press materials, it describes Faneuil Hall like this:

“Faneuil Hall was built in 1742, three grand buildings surrounding a cobblestone promenade that were the gift of wealthy merchant Peter Faneuil to the city. Pre-Revolutionary patriots gathered to speechify there, and Samuel Adams famously called for American independence at the site. Today, it serves as a retail/restaurant centerpiece in Boston’s redeveloped waterfront area…”

It’s come a long way in 30 years – but it’s fallen quite a way from its height 235 years ago.