And pre-Rudy/Disney/etc, Times Square NY was full of peep shows. Before SoHo was a designer shopping hub and celebrity loft neighborhood, it was nearly torn do

And pre-Rudy/Disney/etc, Times Square NY was full of peep shows. Before SoHo was a designer shopping hub and celebrity loft neighborhood, it was nearly torn down for a highway since it was disused commercial lofts after businesses left. You have to want things to get better for them to get better. It is not an automatic force of nature. "Shrug, it's always been like this" is not how society moves forwards.