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Part of that time was in ft. green. i was more of a bystander and there was an incredible cultural outpouring and spikily was the leading edge of that. he continued to market that neighborhood and make it cool and hip and make it interesting long after he left and sold his brown stone for $1 million and moved on. if you do that, you have to raise the question what did you think was going to happen. when people saw this was the coolest place on either, did you think they were not going to come or weren't going to pay top dollar for the homes that many people sold and left behind? this is inevit...

And my thing is this. i don't hate anybody. i think anybody is entitled to live where they want. my problem is that when you move into a neighborhood, have some respect for the history, for the culture. and i'm going to explain the word bogart for people who don't know. bogart comes from humphrey bogart meaning you come in and just taking over. you can't do that. these historic -- harlem is a historic black neighborhood. history. bedford styvesant. ft. greene. just come and be humble. don't come in saying we're here now and this is the way it has to be. that's crazy. to me. >> it's interesting...

And my thing is this. i don't hate anybody. i think anybody is entitled to live where they want. my problem is that when you move into a neighborhood, have some respect for the history, for the culture. and i'm going to explain the word bogart for people who don't know. bogart comes from humphrey bogart meaning you come in and just taking over. you can't do that. these historic -- harlem is a historic black neighborhood. history. bedford styvesant. fort greene. just come and be humble. don't come in saying we're here now and this is the way it has to be. that's crazy. to me. >> it's interestin...

The right thing. >> i own this brown stone. >> who told you to buy a brown stone in my neighborhood on my side of the street. what are you in a black neighborhood for anyway? >> understand this is a free country. a man can do whatever he wants. >> go back to massachusetts. >> i was born in brooklyn. >> oh! >> flash forward to today. it surprises very few when spike lee blue up over this one question. >> his hometown, spike lee was answering a question about his bureaus changing face when he told this audience he did not see a lot of good coming from the idea. here he was. >> this is the christ...

Tapedance, they coughed up $40,000 a. 50 donor around a long table in sarah parker's very nice brown stone. >> gretchin: that was one problem because the president was late. talk about the number of fundraisers he's been to. he attended 162 fundraisers since announcing his reelection . this is the 94th of his career. and he's held more fundraisers than the last five presidents behind. >> brian: and he's still trailing mitt romney. going to blue color, ohio and back to a celebrity fundraiser in a four-story walk up in new york city. it is better known as atm. people come here and stop traffic a...