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On May 16, an artist, a railway service and a government agency spent $291,978 to block poverty from the By: Sarah Kendzior public eye. Called psychylustro, German artist Katharina Grosse's project is a large-scale work designed to distract Amtrak train riders from the dilapidated buildings and fallen factories of north Philadelphia. The city has a 28 percent poverty rate - the highest of any…