Miracle on Lombard St

This appeared in Artvoice last year…

Lombard Street, just a few block’s from the Harriet Ross Tubman School, is one of those East Side streets that most people have given up on, and for obvious reasons. Two thirds of the houses are boarded up and empty, lending the street a creepy air, like a ghost town. The street goes completely dark as soon as dusk hits, making it hard to recall that it’s only a couple blocks from the grand old Central Terminal. Simply put, it’s a street that would usually be left to drug dealers and prostitutes.

 http://artvoice.com/issues/v5n11/abandoned_homes/miracle_on_lombard_st (link to full story)