Old guys? Haha! Prostitution is alive and well in old manhattantown in 2005, friend!
Take a liesurely walk in the E 50s between 3rd and 1st Aves any evening. No, not streetwalkers, but genuine call girls milling about, getting a smoke, grabbing some pizza at O11's, running to Duane Reade on 3rd Ave to get condoms and lubricants (I'm not kidding). Literally 100s of apartments and 1000s of women of all flavors.
Gee, I'm sure some guys are keeping them in business.
Mistresses are still common among the well to do. Welcome to 2005. ;-)
PS - NYCers who work in midtown, back me up here!!!
Prostitutes in NYC? I'm shocked and appalled! Appalled and shocked, I tell ya! Mistresses! No way! No in NYC!
Wait, something just hit me -- I don't go to the east 50s very often -- is Kaufman's Pharmacy still there?