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r <br />ADULT ENTERTAINMENT STUDY SUMMARY <br />CITY, DATE:New York City, 1994 <br />TYPE OF STUDY: <br />1.Survey of existing studies from Islip, New York; Los Angeles; <br />Indianapolis; Whittier, California; Austin, Texas; Phoenix; State of <br />Minnesota; Times Square Business Improvement District <br />2. Compared six study areas with six control areas <br />3. Surveyed local residents and business owners, realtors, and police <br />4. Reviewed assessed value date and crime data <br />TYPES OF BUSINESSES: <br />Limited to (a) XXX video & bookstores, (b) adult live or movie theaters, and (c) <br />topless or nude bars. Only those which identified themselves as "adult" through signs <br />or other advertizing. Did not include a neighborhood video store that devotes a small <br />area to tripIe-X videos. <br />DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS LOCATIONS: <br />Three of the six study areas contained a single adult use. Lesser c oncentrations <br />of adult uses than Times Square. In general commercial areas. <br />FINDINGS: <br />1.Where there were higher concentrations of adult uses, there were <br />significant negative secondary Impacts: substantially higher incidence of <br />criminal activity in Times Square; rate of increase In assessed property <br />values was slower for blocks where adult uses were located. <br />2.Couldn't substantiate increase in crime or decrease in property values <br />where there was only one adult use. <br />3.Community business owners and residents believe that adult uses impact <br />the community negatively, and they fear results of proliferation. <br />Perception Is important because it can become reality. <br />B - 6