Urban decay

“Most of you are afraid of our neighborhood. Not because we want to be.”

“The construction of the Gowanus Parkway, laying a concrete slab on top of lively, bustling Third Avenue, buried the avenue in shadow, and when the parkway was completed, the avenue was cast forever into darkness and gloom, and its bustle and life were forever gone.”

“We [The banks] determine who will succeed and who will fail.”

“It was people, not architects, who made slums.”