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New York City had hit bottom in the 1970s, and by 1980
parts of the city, like the Lower East Side, had become frightening
tableaus of abandoned buildings and rubble-strewn lots, while many
street corners bustled with milling crowds of the drug trade.
As bad as things were at that time, however, the Lower East Side remained
a vibrant and colorful place full of expressions of hope and the visible
seeds of rejuvenation. We called the exhibition of our project "Gargoyles
and Cherubs," from the carvings seen on many of the late 19th
Century tenements. These devils and angels seemed to represent the
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