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BULLET.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS PLAYING
AROUND WITH ME TO PLAY A PRANK
ON ME BECAUSE THE HEAT WON.
>> DOCTORS SAY REID WAS VERY
LUCKY.
THEY EXPECT HIM TO MAKE A FULL
RECOVERY
>> SOME PEOPLE GETTING A FIRST
GLIMPSE OF AN ABANDONED HOUSING
COMPLEX.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE
PICTURES, IT HAS BEEN TURNED
INTO AN USUAL WORK OF ART.
>> ERIC RASMUSSEN GOT A SNEAK
PEEK OF IT BEFORE IT OPENED.
>> HE
>> HE ALSO SPOKE TO THE ART IT.
>> FOR THE ARTIST KNOWN AS ICE
LIFE, THE TERM HOUSING PROJECT
HAS TAKEN ON A NEW MEANING.
FROM IT HAS BEEN A REAL
BLESSING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW ART
LIKE THIS.
>> Reporter: USING EAST
OAKLAND'S GREEN HOUSING COMPLEX
AS HIS CANVAS, HE IS EL IT THE
STORY OF THOSE LIVING IN THE
CONDITIONS.
>> SHE IS BEING RAISED BY A
WONDERFUL FAMILY, BUT SHE IS
LIVING 40 STEPS FROM A
PROSTITUTION HOME.
>> WE TOTALLY TRANSFORMED THIS
UNIT TO LOOK LIKE GRANDMA'S
HOUSE.
>> Reporter: COMPLETE WITH A
CHILD'S ROOM FROM THE '80S.
>> IT WORKS MAN, CAN YOU
BELIEVE THAT.
>> HERE ON PEOPLE'S WAY OUT,
THEY TAKE A MARKER AND THEY
WRITE A TRIBUTE TO THEIR
GRANDMOTHER.
AND IN ONE DAY, THIS WHOLE ROOM
WAS FULL.
>> THE $80,000 PROJECT CALLED
BRIGHTER THAN BLIGHT IS FUNDED
BY CALIFORNIA HOUSING PROJECT.
ONCE A MAGNET FOR DRUGS AND
CRIME, THE OPEN TIRE COMPLEX
COULD BE DEMOLISHED AS SOON AS
NEXT MONTH.
>> WE INTEND TO TURN IT THIS
INTO AN URBAN FARM.
WE ARE GIVING NEW BIRTH TO
SOMETHING THAT HAS HAD A