Times Square in the mid 90's
JayTeeDee
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Saturday, August 19, 2023 5:22 PM
Here's a cool 2022 article about how Times Square became "Disneyfied" in mid-1990's, using zoning laws "to break up the concentration of adult theaters, bars, and video stores in the Times Square/Forty-Second Street area and send them to the city’s fringes — far away from tourists."
The author of the article worked for the NYC Office of Midtown Enforcement. He describes the difficulties in codifying and implementing these zoning restrictions, and his story reminds me of the Supreme Court justice's famous response when asked to define obscenity: "I know it when I see it".
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