But for these seekers too the promised land was not all they expected it to be. The newness and excitement passed quickly and the centers of the attraction. the high centers of rock music closed down. thrusting the area once more into decline. What has been left behind in the East Village are drugs. crime. venereal disease. poverty. violence. These people are trying to fight such problems. The concern of Project Eyeopener of St. Johns Lutheran Church are those belated immigrant runaways. Each year hundreds of thousands of young people run away from home. a great many flee to the East Village. They come seeking love and freedom.
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