Article 5JZQ0 In the Heights brings fame to New York neighborhood – but what do residents think?

In the Heights brings fame to New York neighborhood – but what do residents think?

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Sajina Shrestha in New York
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As the city launches a film-linked tourism campaign, Washington Heights residents question where the money will go

The aspiring actor Louis Valentino glanced around J Hood Wright Park, a place popular with local families in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights that's become something of a hotspot since appearing in the musical and now movie In the Heights. He looked a little worried.

New York's mayor, Bill de Blasio, has launched a new tourism campaign to bring people to the neighborhood on the back of the film, which premiered in the city this week.

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