The buildings reflected the changes in the neighborhood as well. Most of the store windows were bolted over with latticeworks of reinforced bars, and the rest were boarded up. One establishment—a little independent stuffer shack—had a rather pathetic sign posted in its front window: "Please don’t break my glass again." The window was, of course, broken. Graffiti was everywhere, mainly spray-painted gang colors, slogans, or symbols. A rather talented spray-paint artist had covered some walls with abstract, almost cubist paintings, signing "Pablo Fiasco" at the bottom.