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Picture of an apartment building at 123 Baxter Street in Chinatown (Manhattan). A sign on the building reads "DOWNTOWN DEFINED [...] www.123baxterstreet.com."

Five "For Rent" signs are fixed to a building in Chinatown (Manhattan). The signs partially obscure tenants' windows.

NYPD officers speaking to a street vendor as people look on.

Image showing a street demonstration. People in the front hold a large yellow banner that reads "Whose Streets? OUR Streets!" in red and "Chinatown Street Vendors Assoc." in blue. Other demonstrators hold signs that read "Arrest Giuliani" and "Mr.…

Large apartment building in New York City blocked off from being used. Windows/doors appeared boarded up as well.

A demonstrator protests against real estate developer Benjamin Shaoul and gentrification in Chinatown (Manhattan). They hold up a poster that reads, "BENJAMIN SHAOUL HANDS OFF CHINATOWN."

Interior shot of a green staircase in shared building with dilapidated and dirty walls.

A white sign with black letters that displays information about a building developer on Orchard Street. Sign reads, "ORCHARD ST. / YAGER DEVELOPMENT CO., LLC / _ CASTELLANO - OWNER REP. / _ FIFTH AVE. NY NY 10016"

An empty storefront window with a sign that reads "Retail Space / for Lease / Amira Yunis". The storefront has a green wall sign above the doorway with yellow letters in Chinese.

Photograph of a neglected and dilapidated hallway in a Chinatown (Manhattan) apartment building. The tan laminate floor tiles in the left corner of the hallway are completely obscured by a thick layer of black grime.