But a few months later, when Mr. Winter, 82, had a heart attack himself, he was shocked back to life at a hospital.
Mr. Winter, who is an albino, said he often felt more welcome in black clubs.
Mr. Winters confronted the man, who punched him in the face.
Mr. Winter said the project would give the neighborhood a much-needed boost and create hundreds of new jobs.
It took Mr. Winter almost two years to put the show together.
A series of back problems slowed Mr. Winter down in the early 1990s.
Mr. Winters added that he was not alarmed or surprised by the findings.
Mr. Winters said complaints about have hovered at 20,000 a year for the last two years.
Mr. Winter grew up nearby, but on the wrong side of the tracks, he said.
Mr. Winter also studies the minds of foreign leaders.