Yet Another Sign Of Brooklyn’s Demise
A New York landmark of sorts is in danger of being wiped off the map. The building now known as Broken Angel was an ordinary 19th-century brick structure until self-taught artist and sculptor Arthur Wood started building on top of it in the late 1970s. Now Wood faces eviction from his own masterpiece — a towering structure that looks like a cathedral built out of salvaged junk. The building was featured in the film “Dave Chappelle’s Block Party,” which follows the comedian as he puts together a free hip-hop concert in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn in 2004. “It’s a monument to Brooklyn, my dear,” Cynthia Wood, Arthur’s wife, explained to Chappelle.
