-Many of the old restaurants were still doing a good business.

- There was still a moderate size middle and working class to keep the tax base afloat

- The juggernauts like Hopkins & Uni MD had encroached a lot, but not to the extremes as we see today

- Federal money was poured into the city for new civic buildings, including many social services

- This was the time of the early efforts for "sweat equity" and house restoration.

- Citizens still had a modicum of pride in their city and esp their neighborhoods. As seen in the city fair.

- Many ethnic communities put on fairs of their own.

-Many of the old restaruents were still doing a good business.

But there was whole sale demolition , esp on the west side of grand buildings

- City schools scrapped many technical and vocational programs and other vital programs and features that every school needs, such as libraries, cafeterias which actually cooked food, Art, music and other programs.

- White flight was still happening as was all middle class flight.

- Drugs were hitting hard in poor communities.

- Economic stagflation was hurting every one, but esp those in working and poor communities.

- The landscape was further scarred by big new highways, which exacerbated traffic congestion.

-City leaders were thinking about cutting costs by outsourcing services which were once job opportunities for many city residents.

The list goes on.