Thanks, Pam. Now, I know the place under discussion. Depending on which route away from downtown I use, I pass it on my way home.
"North Corktown," my ass. "Upper Hell" is more like it. That is absolutely the most appallingly sad-looking set of quarters I've seen around here. I don't know of its current status, but when I drive by and look over into that court, I imagine a hot summer day with a pack of barefoot & shirtless ragamuffins running around, trying to amuse themselves, inside of that awful enclosure.
One would have to be a fuckin' magician to transform that oppressive, creepy place into anything attractive or desirable.
They should oughtta call it the Stygian Quarter.