Yep. Walk down Bleecker St where my parents used to hang out in the 80s and it's a ghost town. Apparently the historic neighborhood designation means it takes o

Yep. Walk down Bleecker St where my parents used to hang out in the 80s and it's a ghost town. Apparently the historic neighborhood designation means it takes over 10 months for any lease application to close, as it needs to be approved by the historic neighborhood board. Once approved, it often requires a significant amount of capital to build the proposed establishment in a compliant way. Businesses don't even bother trying.