The Zero Tolerance Area series began in 1995 as a photographic essay documenting the crumbling, often ornate exteriors of the many abandoned buildings in Trenton. These sculptures are scaled-down portraits meant to evoke the buildings’ social history.  Once the pride of their occupants, people moved to Trenton for its industry and for a chance to live ‘the American Dream’.  In the time since the series was created, both houses represented in the Station Plaza installation have been torn down.   Roebling has been restored and is the current headquarters of the NJ League of Municipalities. East State St. #1 has been torn down, and is the future site of a Habitat for Humanity house.

It is my hope that these sculptures will act as a subtle catalyst within the perception of the viewer: that through the contemplation of absence and what has fallen away, that a deeper appreciation will be experienced for that which endures.