Hempstead (NY) has a lot of social problems as crime, illegals and etc. I have never been in USA. I do not know a lot of the social problems in Long Island. But as we see, the social problems in USA, Russia, India and etc. are the same. The main problem underlies in quantity of either problem. In this case, I was talking to real residents of Hempstead on the forum which is dedicated to that downtown and life there. The most shocked phrase was, " ...Stay away from Hempstead..."The aim is to decide that kind of problems by architectural methods. The architect designs a comfortable space to live, work, study... we have to act reasonably but fast before we run out of time. The master plan can tell more than anybody. it looks like an open book. and you can see the real problems in the center. If you have no order in architecture, urban design, you will have problems in social life.There is a need to get it under control first and then redevelopment would be an option. If redevelopment occurs first, nobody decent will come to Hempstead to take advantage of any new things built because of the existing social problems and crime. it will be a failure and waste money. The aim #1-social life needs to change; #2-"walkable" city; #3- accepting a smart urban style site plan for center; #4 - attraction of young talented, educated people as artist, dancers, musicians... Hempstead lost the leading position like a great shopping / business center in 60's. But it still has Hofstra University and other schools... We can restore to life the downtown by making Hempstead like an ART, MUSIC & DANCE CENTER of Long Island. We need a DREAM for Hempstead!!!