article_snippet.sent: A  reporter once described it one of the 'dirtiest, wildest, toughest neighborhoods anywhere', though the grime around New York City's Times Square has since been replaced with the shine of electric advertisements and thousands of tourists.
article_snippet.sent: The area around Times Square used to be known for violence and prostitution.
article_snippet.sent: Though there are still sex shops on 8th Avenue, grime in The area around Times Square has been replaced with chain restaurants and tourist attractions .
article_snippet.sent: Hundreds of photographs from the 1970s and early 1980s capture the mood and fashion of a New York in Midtown Manhattan that no longer exists .
article_snippet.sent: Three decades later, the photographer now lives in southern New Jersey, and visitors to Times Square are more likely to be asked if visitors to Times Square want to see a Broadway show than propositioned by a prostitute.
article_snippet.sent: Times Square is now often mobbed with tourists from all over the world and features advertisements on bright electronic screens rather than signs for dingy bars .
highlights_snippet.sent: Block with bar in neighborhood described as 'dirtiest, wildest and toughest' now has an upscale grocery store .