4.
Let me give you an example. It involves
an experiment that has been going on for
the past few years in the New York City
neighborhood of Brownsville.
Brownsville is home to just over a
hundred thousand people, and it lies in
the eastern part of Brooklyn, past the
elegant brownstones of Park Slope and
the synagogues of Crown Heights.^1 For
more than a century, it has been among
the most destitute corners of New York
City. There are eighteen public housing
projects in Brownsville, more than in
any other part of the city, and they
dominate the skyline: block upon block