▁should ▁feel ▁bad ▁for ▁him ." ▁ ▁The ▁Man if esto ▁was ▁compared ▁with ▁works ▁by ▁Jean ette ▁Winter son , ▁Guy ▁Deb ord , ▁and ▁Am iri ▁Bar aka . ▁Michael ▁K imm el man , ▁art ▁critic ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁compared ▁The ▁S pl ash er ' s ▁actions ▁with ▁the ▁Situ ation ists , ▁and ▁disag re ed ▁with ▁the ▁manif esto ' s ▁claims ▁of ▁gent r ification : ▁ ▁Does ▁street ▁art ▁gent r ify ▁neighborhood s ? ▁Gra ff iti ▁didn ’ t ▁gent r ify ▁So H o . ▁Wall ▁Street ▁did . ▁It ▁didn ’ t ▁gent r ify ▁sub ways . ▁From ▁West ▁Philadelphia ▁to ▁East ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁street ▁painting ▁is ▁in ▁poor ▁neighborhood s ▁that ▁have ▁resist ed ▁change . ▁It ’ s ▁hard ▁to ▁feel ▁sympath etic ▁with ▁v and als ▁spl ash ing ▁paint ▁on ▁post ers ▁or ▁st enci led ▁pictures , ▁not with standing ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁spl ash es ▁look ▁kind ▁of ▁a est h etic . ▁▁ ▁All ▁that ▁said , ▁public ▁space ▁and ▁civ ic ▁justice ▁are ▁difficult ▁issues ▁to ▁which ▁the ▁br ou h aha ▁returns ▁our ▁attention . ▁New ▁York ▁neighborhood s ▁are ▁indeed ▁changing , ▁not ▁all ▁for ▁the ▁better , ▁as ▁the ▁city ▁becomes ▁more ▁aff lu ent ▁and ▁hom ogeneous , ▁and ▁art ▁shouldn ’ t ▁exist ▁in ▁it ▁simply ▁as ▁a ▁symbol ▁of ▁wealth ▁and ▁privile ge . ▁It ▁should ▁se