Here's an amusing clip showing Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver- as if it were filmed in today's Times Square. People who weren't in New York when the movie was filmed in 1976 probably find it hard to believe that Gotham was once so sleazy and dangerous- but indeed it was. That's why films like this one and Death Wish resonated with audiences at the time but now appear to be from a different universe. There are those who pine away for the old Times Square but they glamorize the past. In fact, New York still has plenty of sleaze- you just have walk through cleaner, safer streets to enjoy it. Click here to view