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•I <br />In addition to these permanent housing units, there are also a considerable <br />number of hotel rooms in Times Square. The Times Square BID estimates that over <br />12,500 hotel units are located within its boundaries. The large number of hotel rooms <br />reflects Times Square's importance in the City's tourism industry. The number of <br />tourists constitutes, from one point of view, a. large group of potential customers for <br />adult use establishments. But from another standpoint, as documented in our surveys <br />with hotel operators, restaurateurs, and theatre owners, the concentration of adult use <br />establishments is seen to be offensive to this stream of visitors and travellers. <br />,Age • <br />' The-,—pbpulation of the Times- Square Neighborhood Is similar in percentage of <br />population -`age 62 and over to that of the borough or of the two Community Districts <br />in which It falls: CD 4 and CD 5. In addition, in 1990 there were close to 2,000 <br />children under the age of 14 living in the Times Square Neighborhood. Both the <br />elderly and your�, whose lives are generally circumscribed by their immediate <br />community, are impacted by the types of businesses and uses that occur in the Times <br />Square area, including the adult use establishments. <br />TABLE II <br />AGE CHARACTERISTICS, 1990 <br />TIMES SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD <br />Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1980 and 1990 Censuses of Population and Housing <br />Characteristics, and Social and Economic Characteristics. <br />Employment Characteristics <br />Traditionally, a large percentage of Clinton residents have worked in the Times <br />Square area, particularly int e theater and music industries as technicians, actors, <br />and performers. This is borne out by the census data, which show a very high <br />percentage of residents working within less than half an hour of their homes and <br />walking to work. The percentage of workers in the Times Square Neighborhood who <br />walk to work is higher than the percentage for the borough as a whole and is much <br />higher than the percentage of those in the other four boroughs. <br />EVER00205 19 <br />Tome Square <br />CD4 <br />CD5 <br />Manhattan <br />TOTAL POP. <br />25,651 <br />84,431 <br />43,507 <br />1,487,536 <br />% UNDER 14 <br />7.4 <br />8.2 <br />5.2 <br />.13.2 <br />% OVER 62 <br />15.4 <br />15.9 <br />15.3 <br />15.9 <br />MEDIAN AGE <br />(years) <br />36.63 <br />...37.2 <br />37.2 <br />35.9 <br />Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1980 and 1990 Censuses of Population and Housing <br />Characteristics, and Social and Economic Characteristics. <br />Employment Characteristics <br />Traditionally, a large percentage of Clinton residents have worked in the Times <br />Square area, particularly int e theater and music industries as technicians, actors, <br />and performers. This is borne out by the census data, which show a very high <br />percentage of residents working within less than half an hour of their homes and <br />walking to work. The percentage of workers in the Times Square Neighborhood who <br />walk to work is higher than the percentage for the borough as a whole and is much <br />higher than the percentage of those in the other four boroughs. <br />EVER00205 19 <br />