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Neighborhood for new building that pushed out the old buildings. >> they built these $300,000 for $400,000 homes now. >> nothing behind your back. i'm greg from hazard street. it's about the anzon. >> what about them? >> about how they polluted this neighborhood. >> it's still polluted. it didn't go away. >> i know. lead doesn't go away. >> let them know what's going on right up until present day with that damn mayor downtown. let them know. zinc oxide, arsenic, mexicans going in there removing asbestos without anything to protect them. that's why they want them here, cheap labor and do what t...

Now, it wouldn't be an episode of "united shades of america" without a little talk about gentrification. this one's got a twist. today i'm meeting with gregory anzac, who grew up in kensington, a neighborhood formerly overrun with toxic facilities that continue to leave their mark decades later. what was this neighborhood like when you grew up here? >> it was all immigrants. this was a tough neighborhood. >> was there tension between all the different groups of immigrants? >> just the -- that beat each other up. >> starting in the early 1800s, there were over 1 million immigrants who entered t...

Protections. sound familiar? >> this was -- >> just pumping out carcinogens. >> yeah. the crap that came out of those doors was horrifying. >> could you like smell it? >> oh, my god, yeah. burn your eyes. >> there were several companies that were polluting this neighborhood. at one time there were 36 lead smelters in philadelphia. anzon was one of 14 smelters in just the river wards. >> i knew about this growing up, but i didn't know the severity of it all. >> when was the time you said i got to get involved here? >> my children. my children and every other child in this neighborhood. >> mm-hm...