Bodega DreamsWilliam Irizzari has reinvented himself as Willie Bodega, a drug lord who plans to use his money to buy and renovate his areas comdemned buildings. Told by Chino, a young graffiti artist, this is the story of whether hope and loyalty can survive in a world of crime. |
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Page 113
... building , and how he got the money to buy and fix it up , she'd want to move out . I didn't want to move . It was ... building was being renovated . And he was creating this professional class of his . Paying people's tuition in hopes ...
... building , and how he got the money to buy and fix it up , she'd want to move out . I didn't want to move . It was ... building was being renovated . And he was creating this professional class of his . Paying people's tuition in hopes ...
Page 152
... building . Such buildings made perfect places for crack houses and numbers joints . The electricity was easily siphoned from a lamppost socket or the near- est building ( via the roof ) . The windows facing the street were covered with ...
... building . Such buildings made perfect places for crack houses and numbers joints . The electricity was easily siphoned from a lamppost socket or the near- est building ( via the roof ) . The windows facing the street were covered with ...
Page 167
... buildings Bodega had renovated on 119th and Lexington . Those buildings had been condemned for years . The City of New York takes so much time to either renovate or bulldoze a condemned building it's like those guys on Death Row who die ...
... buildings Bodega had renovated on 119th and Lexington . Those buildings had been condemned for years . The City of New York takes so much time to either renovate or bulldoze a condemned building it's like those guys on Death Row who die ...
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