Times Square in the ’70s
Times Square, New York City, in the ’70s was a completely different place than what it is like today. It was filled with erotic stores, peepshows, shady movie theaters, drug trade, alcoholics and con games. Despite the large numbers of police officers, crime flourished in the subway and underground passages of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. It began to change when the mayor decided to change things up in 1983.
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