Old Glory, Open for Business

The Empire | Mar 29, 2012

Azi Paybarah / WNYC

After the protests about building an Islamic center two blocks from Ground Zero, a friend and I walked through the neighborhood at the center of the debate and found, among other things, a porn shop on Greenwich Street advertising its location with a neon American flag.

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