Paradise Regained

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The painter who brought paradise to the infamous Chicago housing projects gangs and crime until they were finally torn down. He was the painter who brought paradise to the infamous Chicago housing projects, miles of urban housing widespread with violence, gangs and crime until they were finally broke down. With Reeds wall-filling murals, residents transformed their living rooms into oases from the ghetto storms outside. Through description and animation, Reed depicts a world that is thankfully gone yet brought alive again by ex-residents who will seek his views of paradise.