First, this was too long. Well-done journalism does not have to be a tome unto itself; vignettes of his daughter the ballerina add little to the story besides acting as padding.

Secondly, I don't get this part. From the article:

> In the 1940s, the city built Independence Boulevard, a four-lane highway that cut through the heart of its Brooklyn neighborhood, dividing and displacing a thriving working-class black community. The damage continued in the ’60s and ’70s with new interstates.

I don't get this part. I thought red-lining and confining blacks to ghettos was the problem? Wouldn't building an interstate mean more commerce and more prosperity?