overseas, which has in turn affected small cutting and sewing rooms as well as zipper, button, and supply stores in the Garment District. As Charles Bagli of The New York Times wrote: Although the Garment District as well as other fashion districts have been in decline, there are many organizations working hard to keep this district vital. One such organization is the Garment District Alliance, a nonprofit business improvement district that promotes the area as a strategic business location for fashion and non-fashion-related businesses in order to bring profit into the area. For example, the Garment District Alliance organized a Fashion Walk of Fame on 7th Avenue, Arts Festivals, and a Garment District Information Kiosk located on 7th Avenue that provides sourcing information and industry-related services to fashion professionals, students, hobbyists, visitors, and shoppers. Save the Garment Center is a campaign that was created by several members of the fashion industry in an effort to preserve the concentration of fashion industry-related uses in the district. However, as fashion manufacturing declines, many buildings that once housed these large facilities have been converted to office space. Businesses such as accountants, lawyers, public relations and many high-tech companies have moved into the area, and the area is now divided equally between fashion and non-fashion companies. Between 1990 and 2000, the district's population grew from 2,500 to 10,281. Transportation The Garment District is within walking distance of Penn Station, serving the New Jersey Transit, Amtrak, and Long Island Rail Road, and Grand Central Terminal, serving the Metro-North Railroad. The New York City Subway has stations at 34th Street–Herald Square, 34th Street–Seventh Avenue, 34th Street–Eighth Avenue, Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal, and 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue. The Port Authority Bus Terminal is at Eighth Avenue and 41st Street, and the PATH is nearby at 33rd Street and Sixth Avenue. Visitor attractions The Fashion Walk of Fame is the only permanent landmark dedicated to American fashion Needle threading a buttonsculpture at the Fashion Center Business Improvement District's Information Kiosk at Seventh Avenue and 39th Street The Garment Workersculpture at 7th Avenue and West 39th Street by Judith Weller Mood Designer Fabrics is located in the Manhattan’s Garment District, a fabric store very well known on the hit television show Project Runway. Well known stores like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Urban Outfitter’s and many more are also located in the district. References Further reading Fraser, Steven. Labor