I never lived in Manhattan I’m still a Kiwi country boy at heart lived in Queens then Jersey City and now in CT
Mind you for the time in queens I was out traveling to missions in average 3 to 6 months a year
That area where you lived has changed a lot over recent years lots of new developments
Hell’s Kitchen was epic at those days and quite scary to go home at night with too many crackheads. The building was an old factory and now you can’t even afford to live there anymore
Indeed it’s become very unusual scale was there just a couple of weeks ago and surprised how it’s still changing