This one is actually incredibly interesting... it seems like we're not getting the whole story.

There isn't much written about the neighbourhood...

But looking at the New London wiki page, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_London,_Connecticut , there's some interesting demographic info.

In 2000 New London had 25,671 people and was 18.64% black. In 2010 the population was 27,620 and in 2006-2008 14.0% black.

So, using some rough math, there were 900 fewer black people in New London after Kelo. Makes you wonder if the Phizer lab was the goal.