By 1966 MacDougal Street had become a ceaseless mass tourist spectacle.

Evidence

The MacDougal Street vista on a weekend night is still the awe-inspiring most. Looking north from Bleecker, the street is a solid silhouette of movement. Lost legions advancing endlessly, going nowhere. Infinity described in motion. Cars streaming relentlessly southward. Mounted policemen outlined like equestrian statuary against the misty ceiling of light diffusion from electric signs and streetlamps. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 884

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