They couldn't be found anymore. The city put up street lights and tore down the pier and the old el train to make way for housing. The gay community took over. I'm not sentimental about any of this. Rod would like to see it come back, even so his own kids have somewhere to go.
Silver is divorced somewhere with a daughter.
I saw 11th Avenue recently and thought about actually moving there. It looks like a nice place to live. Tony Mitch is a pseudonym for a writer in New York.