Ira Gallen's wonderful film of my old neighborhood on the Upper West Side in 1984...

The West 70s in and around Broadway before so-called “gentrification”, the 1%, landlords, and Rudolph Giuliani had completely decimated the charm, individuality, creativity, heritage, and uniqueness of the mom-and-pop, one-of-a-kind, and entrepreneurial shops, cafés, and specialty stores. Within a few years, the GAP, the banks, and the mega-corporations made the neighborhood just like every other one in NYC.

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