Has New York City Lost Its Edge?
5 photos
<p>"In this July 1971 file photo, two members of the newly created Pimp Squad of the New York Police Department escort an alleged prostitute across Broadway in Times Square shortly after 4 o'clock one recent morning."</p>
<p>"In this May 12, 1984 file photo, subway commuters point to a poster sporting a caricature of a nearly nude Walter Mondale that promotes the current issue of Penthouse Magazine at a Times Square Station in New York."</p>
<p>"In this undated file photograph, pushcart peddlers sell their merchandise along the sidewalks of East Houston St. and Orchard St., in the Lower East Side section of New York."</p>
<p>"In this Aug. 1, 1961 file photograph, the Beach at Coney Island is shown in the Brooklyn borough of New York."</p>
<p>"In this Aug. 1, 2005 file photo, a man walks past CBGB in New York. CBGB, the birthplace of punk rock, is gone."</p>