richard lewis perry, robin anderson and nick berg. >> hi i am richard louse perry a fine artist and also representing the odd fellows and the odd fellows have been here in this area for over 150 years and i had my studio there the last 20 years plus and i the chance to oversee the corner of 6th and market and what is going on and i have to say there has been quite a bit of improvement going on there. i have a letter on the wall of my office in my studio from dianne feinstein, telling us that the streets would be taken care of and since then it's becoming slowly improved. i have to say within the last 20 years, the blighted area that exist there had, for whatever reasons, which are many, i think a lot of is attributed to the bart construction -- slowly is in transition. there were times when i had shows at my studio for fundraisers and i couldn't get people to come over because the neighborhood was so crazy and nuts. now, there is a lot of improvements going on. you can see that many of the buildings there are being boarded-up for renovation and i think right now it's probably one of the