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Title

Death of a Neighborhood

Date

1993

People

Artist: Will Sales, American active 20th c.

Classification

Prints

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, M22525

Human Generated Data

Title

Death of a Neighborhood

People

Artist: Will Sales, American active 20th c.

Date

1993

Classification

Prints

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund, M22525

Machine Generated Data

Tags

Amazon
created on 2019-11-01

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Clarifai
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Imagga
created on 2019-11-01

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Google
created on 2019-11-01

Text 96.4
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Microsoft
created on 2019-11-01

text 100
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Color Analysis

Feature analysis

Amazon

Menu
Menu 96.8%

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OpenAI GPT

Created by gpt-4 on 2025-01-31

This image shows a poem or a piece of text titled "DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD" on a black background with white text. The poem opens with a description of a city landscape that seems abandoned and dilapidated, with buildings compared to "hollow eyed shells" and "wounded animals waiting to die." A passerby is questioned about the circumstances, and the response highlights a series of systematic failings and abandonments, such as the withdrawal of support from institutions like banks, schools, and stores and the negative effects on the residents, including landlords strangling buildings to death, leading to homelessness. The second half of the text shifts to a more hopeful tone, with the "wounded streets" giving rise to a cry of resilience. The neighborhood declares it's not ready to die, suggesting a sense of community and determination with mentions of songs yet to be sung, homes yet to be built, and the raising of the young, signaling a collective spirit of survival and rebuilding. The final lines reject despair in favor of living life "to the very utmost." The signature "W.S." is at the bottom right of the piece, presumably indicating the initials of the author or creator of the text. The word "BULLET" is at the bottom right corner, but its context or significance is not clear from the image alone. The tone of the text is one of defiance and hope in the face of urban decay and social neglect.

Created by gpt-4o-2024-05-13 on 2025-01-31

This image is of a black rectangular plaque displaying a text titled "Death of a Neighborhood" written by W.S. The text appears to be a poignant and evocative piece, describing the desolation and decline of a city neighborhood. It uses powerful imagery and metaphors to convey the sense of decay, with phrases like "the graveyard of wasted city blocks," "snagged tooth, hollow eyed shells of abandoned buildings," and "wounded animals waiting to die." The text recounts the systematic withdrawal of support and resources, mentioning the closure and relocation of banks, schools, hospitals, and stores, leading to the deterioration of the neighborhood. It also speaks about landlords contributing to the destruction by cutting off essential services, forcing residents to become homeless. The mood shifts towards the end, with a cry for rebirth and resilience. There is a defiant tone emphasizing that the neighborhood is not ready to die, with sentiments of determination and hope. The community expresses a fighting spirit, with references to songs yet to be sung, blows to be flung, and homes to be rebuilt. The piece concludes with a declaration that the neighborhood refuses to succumb to demise and instead plans to live to the fullest, underscoring a theme of survival and resistance.

Anthropic Claude

Created by claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 on 2025-01-31

This is a powerful poem titled "DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD" that appears to be typed or printed in white text on a black background. The poem, signed "W.S.," describes the decline and potential rebirth of an urban neighborhood. It uses vivid imagery to detail how a community is systematically destroyed through the withdrawal of essential services, closure of vital institutions (banks, schools, hospitals, stores), and landlord negligence. The poem is structured in several stanzas and moves from despair to defiance. It begins by describing abandoned buildings as "snaggled tooth, hollow eyed shells" and "old wounded animals waiting to die." The middle portion details the destruction of the neighborhood through institutional abandonment and landlord neglect, leading to poverty and crime. However, the poem takes a dramatic turn with the declaration "REBIRTH!" The final stanzas are a rallying cry of resistance and hope, with the community refusing to accept its death. It ends with a powerful affirmation: "NO, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AIN'T READY TO GIVE UP THE GHOST / WE'RE PLANNING ON LIVING OUR LIVES TO THE VERY UTMOST. / TO LIVE, NOT DIE - TO LIVE!" The format appears to be similar to a protest poster or public statement, with its stark black and white presentation emphasizing the urgency and power of its message.

Created by claude-3-opus-20240229 on 2025-01-31

The image appears to be the text of a powerful poem or manifesto titled "DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD". It describes the tragic decline and destruction of an impoverished urban neighborhood, with vivid imagery of abandoned, decaying buildings, homeless refugees, crime and death. The anonymous author accuses greedy landlords and city officials of deliberately strangling and destroying the neighborhood by cutting off utilities and relocating tenants, in order to make way for redevelopment. There are references to raped and murdered residents, businesses and institutions shutting down, and another neighborhood being "shot through the head". Despite the devastating hardships, the defiant final stanza declares that this neighborhood refuses to give up the ghost and will fight to live on. The prose has a raw, searing tone of anger, sorrow and grim resilience in the face of oppression and urban blight. Overall, it reads as a searing indictment of the powerful wreaking destruction on a vulnerable community, and that community's determination to survive and resist.

Created by claude-3-haiku-20240307 on 2025-01-31

The image appears to be a text-based artwork or poster titled "Death of a Neighborhood". It describes a neighborhood that has been ravaged, with abandoned buildings, closed down businesses, and homeless residents. The text conveys a sense of despair, violence, and the loss of community. However, the final message is one of resilience, stating that the neighborhood "ain't ready to give up the ghost" and that the residents are committed to living and not dying. The overall tone is somber yet defiant, highlighting the challenges faced by this community.

Amazon Nova

Created by amazon.nova-pro-v1:0 on 2025-01-31

The image is a black-and-white photograph of a printed text on a dark background. The text is centered and appears to be a poem or a prose piece with a strong narrative and emotional tone. The title at the top of the text reads "DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD," indicating a theme of decline or loss within a community. The text is divided into several sections, each describing different aspects of the neighborhood's downfall. The first section describes the physical decay of the neighborhood, using vivid imagery of "scattered through the graveyard of wasted city blocks" and "snaggled tooth, hollow eyed shells of abandoned buildings." This section sets a tone of abandonment and neglect. The second section recounts the story of a passerby who asks, "What the hell happened here?" and receives a response detailing the neighborhood's history of violence and neglect. It mentions the withdrawal of support from banks, schools, and hospitals, and the relocation of stores, which contributed to the neighborhood's decline. The third section describes the actions of landlords who cut off utilities, turning tenants into homeless refugees. This section highlights the impact of economic decisions on the community's well-being. The fourth section speaks of the rise of crime and the takeover of fear, hunger, and hate, leading to the neighborhood being "shot through the head and left for the dead." The final section, titled "REBIRTH," offers a glimmer of hope. It speaks of the community's resilience and determination to rebuild, with references to "songs that are yet to be sung" and "balled up fists with blows to be flung." The poem concludes with a call to action, urging the community to "sing your death song in some other tongue and do your death dance on somebody else’s stage," emphasizing the community's refusal to give up and their commitment to living fully. The text is attributed to "W.S." at the bottom, possibly indicating the author's initials. The overall tone of the piece is one of lament and defiance, capturing the complex emotions surrounding the decline and potential revival of a neighborhood.

Created by amazon.nova-lite-v1:0 on 2025-01-31

The image features a black background with white text that appears to be a poem or a prose piece. The title of the piece is "Death of a Neighborhood." The text describes a neighborhood that has been destroyed and left to deteriorate. The neighborhood is depicted as a graveyard of wasted city blocks, with abandoned buildings and hollow-eyed shells standing like old wounded animals waiting to die. The text suggests that the neighborhood was raped and murdered by the withdrawal of support, such as banks, hospitals, stores, and schools, and the relocation of these services across town. The landlords are also blamed for strangling their buildings to death by cutting off gas, electric, heat, and turning the once happy tenants into homeless refugees left to wander the graveyard streets. The neighborhood is depicted as a place where fear, hunger, and hate take hold, and crime becomes king. However, the text also suggests that the neighborhood is not ready to die and that there is still hope for rebirth. The neighborhood is depicted as having songs yet to be sung, balled-up fists with blows to be flung, homes to be built for housing their elders, and raising their young. The text ends with a call to action, urging the neighborhood to live, not die, and to live to the very utmost.

Text analysis

Amazon

THE
ARE
HOLLOW
STANDING
TOOTH,
BUILDINGS,
PASSERBY
THROUGH
HERE
SCATTERED
LIKE
ARE THE SNAGGLED TOOTH, HOLLOW EYED SHELLS
HELL
SAY
WASTED
DEAD
EYED
A
SHELLS
IN
AND
ANIMALS
YOU
OF
CITY
EYES,
EYES, AND REPLIES:
DIE.
WHO
WAITING
REPLIES:
TO
SNAGGLED
NEIGHBORHOOD
'WHAT
GRAVEYARD
DEATH
'WHAT THE HELL HAPPENEL HERE ?' YOU SAY TO A PASSERBY
WHO IOOKS YOU DEAD IN THE
OLD
STANDING LIKE OLD WWOUNDED ANIMALS WAITING TO DIE.
SCATTERED THROUGH THE GRAVEYARD OF WASTED CITY BLOCKS
DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
BLOCKS
WWOUNDED
ANDONED
?'
IOOKS
HAPPENEL

Google

DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD SCATTERED THROUGH THE GRAVEY ARD OF WASTED CITY BLOCKS ARE THE SN AGCLED TOOTH, HOLLOW EYED SHELLS OF ABAN DONED BUILDINGS, STANDING LIKE OLD WOUNDED ANIMALS WAITING TO DIE. WH AT THE HELL HAPPEN ED HERE ?' YOU SAY TO A PASSERBY WHO LOOKS YOU DEAD IN THE EYES, AND REPLIES: THEY RAPED AND MURDERED ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD. FIRST THEY WITH DREW SUPPORT. BANKS, SCHOOL S, HOSPITALS, STORES AND RELOCATED ACROSS TOWN. ALL CLOSED DOWN STRANGLED THEIR BUILDINGS TO DEATH LANDLORDS BY CUTTING OFF GAS, ELECTRIC, HEAT. TURNING THE ONCE HAPPY TEN ANTS INTO HOMELESS REFUGEES LEFT TO WAN DER THE GRAVEYARD STREETS FEAR, HUNGER AND HATE TAKE HOLD: CRIME BECOMES KING ANO THER P0OR NEIGHBORHOOD SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD AND LEFT FOR THE DEAD. REBIRTH! THEN UP FROM THE WOUNDED STREETS COMES THE CRY: THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AIN T READY TO DIE, 'CAUSE WE VE GOT SONGS THAT ARE YET TO BE SUNG. BALLED UP FISTS WITH BLOWS TO BE FLUNG HOMES TO BE BUILT FOR HOUSING OUR ELDERS AND RAISING OUR YOUNG SO SING YOUR DEATH SONG IN SOME OTHER TONGUE AND DO YOUR DEATH DANCE ON SOMEBODY EL SE' S STAGE NO, THIS NEIGH BORH0OD AIN'T READY TO GIVE UP THE GHOST WE'RE PLANNING ON LIVING OUR LIVES TO LIVE, NOT DIE TO THE VERY UTMOST. - TO LIVE! W. S. BULLET
NEIGHBORHOOD
THROUGH
THE
GRAVEY
OF
WASTED
CITY
SN
AGCLED
TOOTH,
SHELLS
STANDING
OLD
WOUNDED
TO
DIE.
WH
AT
HAPPEN
ED
HERE
YOU
SAY
A
PASSERBY
WHO
EYES,
REPLIES:
THEY
WITH
DREW
SUPPORT.
BANKS,
SCHOOL
HOSPITALS,
STORES
CLOSED
STRANGLED
THEIR
LANDLORDS
CUTTING
GAS,
HEAT.
DEAD.
REBIRTH!
THEN
UP
FROM
STREETS
COMES
CRY:
THIS
AIN
T
READY
DIE,
'CAUSE
WE
VE
GOT
SONGS
THAT
ARE
YET
BE
SUNG.
BALLED
FISTS
BLOWS
HOUSING
OUR
ELDERS
AND
RAISING
SO
SING
YOUR
DEATH
SONG
IN
SOME
OTHER
TONGUE
DO
DANCE
ON
SOMEBODY
EL
AIN'T
VERY
SCATTERED
ARD
BLOCKS
HOLLOW
EYED
ABAN
DONED
BUILDINGS,
LIKE
ANIMALS
WAITING
HELL
?'
LOOKS
DEAD
RAPED
MURDERED
ANOTHER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
FIRST
S,
RELOCATED
ACROSS
TOWN.
ALL
DOWN
BUILDINGS
BY
OFF
ELECTRIC,
TURNING
ONCE
HAPPY
TEN
ANTS
INTO
HOMELESS
REFUGEES
LEFT
WAN
DER
GRAVEYARD
FEAR,
HUNGER
HATE
TAKE
HOLD:
CRIME
BECOMES
KING
ANO
THER
P0OR
SHOT
HEAD
FOR
FLUNG
HOMES
BUILT
YOUNG
SE'
S
STAGE
NO,
NEIGH
BORH0OD
GIVE
GHOST
WE'RE
PLANNING
LIVING
LIVES
LIVE,
NOT
DIE
UTMOST.
-
LIVE!
W.
S.
BULLET