Original sentence: Brazier was a central figure was a preacher and real estate developer
Edited sentence: " In retrospect it is clear his campaign to tear down the EL tracks was at best misguided and ignorant.As Bishop Brazier put it in the pages of N'Digo, "How are you going to rebuild the 63rd Street business district with that monstrosity.Brazier lead a successful campaign to demolition the Jackson Park Green Line east of Cottage Grove in 1997.Brazier was a preacher and real estate developer with a mixed reputation.He believed it would make his real estate holdings along 63rd St.However, most people believe he was simply motivated by greed.If it comes down, we can have shopping knolls and new housing.We'll have commercial development, but it's not going to happen with those tracks.Without this EL line, which formerly extended to Stony Island, East Woodlawn CTA riders now have one less public transportation option than they did before 1997.more attractive to upper middle class residential development