This was great, the history is so powerful and a touch magical, the sound of live music all around that fills the air as does the smell of amazing BBQ, great souvenir shops, passionate old school mom and pop record shops, classic soda jerk and ice cream shops. Being able to walk down the strip that such famous artists, musicians, record producers, sound engineers is such a rewarding feeling. Especially knowing the fact that the King Elvis Presley used to hang out here to listen to the music. With that said, it's overshadowed by drug addicts and homeless people who are in every corner asking for money. You don't feel safe which prevents you from truly enjoying how beautiful this area can be. Now, this is only 4 blocks of an "entertainment district", there is literally nothing else around this area besides the FedEx arena. Other than that, you are confined to these 4 blocks. I saw one police officer who was in his car adjacent to the "district" in his police Ford Explorer on his phone while there were drug addicts asking for money, aggressively walking and talking to themselves, or just jumping out of corners unexpectedly. I truly thought I was in the Bronx on Fordham Road. That's how bad it was.

Not sure what it's like at night where all there is are the street lights, but thank god we arrived at dusk and left to not find out.

Sad to see the amount of drug addicts, unfortunately that overshadows the beautiful history of this place, you can't enjoy the history of the musical history beauty if you're worried about your safety.