Rise and Fall of Henry Street

“Some people call it progress, but others call i something else. What would you call it?” wrote David Ramey in The Times and Life of Henry Street. “A street with almost everything you would need: doctors, dentists, drugstore, movie theatre, shoe shops, restaurants, clothing stores, taxi stands, a couple hotels, several clubs, grocery stores, pool halls, plenty of entertainment, soda shops for the younger group; and a Gateway to Downtown. Well maybe that was the whole problem. Black business was too close to downtown.”