Sheldon Nadelman , 80 , captured images of Nadelman while working at Terminal Bar on 41st Street and 8th Ave . Photos between 1973 and 1982 show prostitutes , pimps and homeless people around Port Authority bus terminal . Sex workers would come in to drink cognac at eight in the morning before going out to walk the streets . Terminal Bar closed when owner did n't want to pay $ 125,000 a year rent on property that now leases for millions . Block with bar in neighborhood described as 'dirtiest , wildest and toughest ' now has an upscale grocery store .
Sheldon Nadelman , 80 , captured images of New Yorkers while working at Terminal Bar on 41st Street and 8th Ave . Photos between 1973 and 1982 show prostitutes , pimps and homeless people around Port Authority bus terminal . Sex workers would come in to drink cognac at eight in the morning before going out to walk the streets . Terminal Bar closed when owner did n't want to pay $ 125,000 a year rent on property that now leases for millions . Block with bar in neighborhood described as 'dirtiest , wildest and toughest ' now has an upscale grocery store .