Zoning New York's Sex Industry

Did New York really clean up Times Square, or did it just relocate New York's sex industry?

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May 20, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

"Infrequent visitors to [New York's Times Square] are routinely shocked. Thanks to Giulianis legislation and the creation of the Times Square Redevelopment Project (a "public-private partnership"), 42nd Street between 6th and 8th Avenues now has the character of a suburban shopping mall. Movie theaters, chain restaurants, video arcades, and Broadway theaters (which nowadays specialize in shows based on Hollywood films) line a street kept pristine by an army of red-uniformed custodians."

Thanks to Tom Collins

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Sunday, May 20, 2001 in Reason Online

Community / Economic Development New York

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