"Every day it's becoming a little more sanitized, a little more homogenous, not as exciting, not as gritty, and we've lost a lot of live music venues, that's a problem. But we're trying," Abby Ehmann, owner of Lucky Bar on Avenue B, said.
"The people who are part of this community - we're doing our best. The landlords have gotten super greedy. We need politicians to penalize landlords who leave storefronts empty," Ehmann added.
"It was filthy, really dangerous area, just horrible, junkies shooting up in the street, breaking into cars - but there was this great culture over here," musician Mark Monwid, 60, said.
"It's safer - and a bit pricier - these days, but the artist energy that made the neighborhood famous hasn't changed that much," Monwid said.
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