On 25/8/06, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:

>One more PESO today.  This one's a B&W conversion, with a little back 
>story.  In the 1950's and 1960's a social experiment was attempted.  It 
>was thought that lives of the poor would be improved if they got free 
>government housing.  So local governments got grants to build this 
>stuff.  Under the banner of "Urban Renewal" vibrant but poor 
>neighborhoods were torn down and replaced with places like this.  Now 
>they are being replaced with neighborhoods that look like the ones that 
>were there originally.  Usually color makes a bad place look better, but 
>not this place, it still looks like a prison.  I chose B&W because I was 
>attempting a gritty old time newspaper look. 
>
>http://www.mindspring.com/~megazip/PESO_--_goodintentionsbadplan.html

I hope you won't mind me saying that's the best pic I've ever seen you
post. Excellent.

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Cheers,
  Cotty


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