Romanie Baines

Manhattan.

The wrecking ball.

I think the wrecking ball is important as it symbolizes so much of the razing of older, often historic, buildings in New York City to make way for cookie cutter, hi-rise apartment buildings. These invariably with a bank or a Duane Reade store on the street level, paying very high rent and ousting the possibility of any more Mom and Pop type stores.