People forget how truly terrifying parts of New York City really were in the 1970’s. Times Square was a dangerous, seedy place, and one truly took one’s life in one’s hands when going down certain streets after certain hours particularly. This was true in wealthy, poor, and all kinds of neighborhoods, in all 5 boroughs. This flyer succesfully exploits certain well-placed cautions with a generous sprinkling of pure paranoia. I’m not so sure it was never distributed, as I seem to recall seeing it some years back, though that may have been a reprint somewhere else. Some blame Abe Beam’s corrupt administration for the huge increase in crime that occurred during his tenure in office.
