GHENT WAS ONCE VERY PROSPEROUS,

BUT SEVERAL CENTURIES AGO

THE OCEAN RECEEDED,

AND THE HARBOR LOST ITS TRADE TO BRUGGE.

POVERTY PRESERVES.

GHENT NEVER EXPERIENCED

THE RADICAL MAKEOVERS

THAT PROSPERITY DEMANDS.

GHENT IS NOW A THRIVING PORT,

BUT ALSO AN OLD UNIVERSITY TOWN

WHERE ART CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME

WITHOUT WARNING . . .