Miracle on 42nd Street

I was born and raised in NYC and lived there during the bleak years. I remember it before these buildings and after.

This doc is a load of misinformation. First of all the place is NOT Hell's Kitchen. Hell's Kitchen is 10 blocks north.

Now it's true the area was a really bad neighborhood back in the day. I can remember what a mess the area was, seeing muggings of elderly men before my eyes by the urban thugs of the day.

NYC was going broke because of mis-management. So one day they decided to erect a few giant buildings and let so called artists live there at reduced rental rates. Slowly the area turned around. Also on 42nd Street off-Broadway venues opened. The area changed for the better.

But here's the rub. Like every good thing on paper it turned. Soon the actors realized they could make money sub-letting their subsidized apartments. So the average consumer funded so called artists to make more money than they did! And that's where it is today. Rich people live there.

It's become a scam.

History's pages are filled with dark times, and we have been broken many times. We are being tested now. Would humanity hold? Would community fail? We are looking up to the stars for hope, but a lot of stars have gone out. I fear that we are slipping. The cracks in the pavement are widening. We could fall through at any moment, and no one will catch us. We need hope, and for hope to survive, the stars have to shine. We need the dream makers, and those artists need a home, where they could thrive.