Times Square 7

Recently an acquaintance mentioned that she and her husband were staying in Times Square.

After explaining that she wasn’t actually seeing real New Yorkers or New York, but rather tourists, I thought I’d go by to check things out.

Traffic is still lighter than normal.

It shouldn’t be a surprise.

Based on what I have read, tourists are back at about 85% of previous levels. But not business people.

Offices in the area have not reopened so the population of locals who would help fill the restaurants has not bounced back.

Neither have the restaurants.

I was dismayed to read that Guv. Hochul is going all in on building more office space south of Times Square around Penn Station.

I had rather hoped for a different approach.

I think they should turn the entire area from 34th to 54th into a tourist haven and build not only more hotels but also affordable rentals for people who work in Times Square. But, hey. That’s just me.

More blogs from Times Square…
https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2022/01/times-square-6.html
https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2019/09/times-square-5.html
http://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-new-year.html
http://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2012/05/times-square.html
https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2017/12/times-square-3.html
https://pj-studio.blogspot.com/2018/04/first-day-of-spring-2018-in-times-square.html

Cheers!
PJ

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