Kant looked outside the window of his carriage. He sees that the city has undergone a great transformation. The once-fresh air has been replaced by a slight fog, with the architecture of the old slowly rotting away, replaced by the new Architectural style of Arteco, using materials such as steel, cement, and concrete, allowing for greater heights.
He also started to spot a lot of "for sale" signs being hung up on some buildings. Places that appear to be going out of business thanks to the increased competition of the corporations. Some of them were being visited by men in brown, most likely government agents from the department of housing, to buy up the land and turn it into housing.