Street art has always taken center stage in the Lower East Side. Every block has dozens of painted murals on building exteriors, storefront gates and public utility spaces. Here is a short 15 minute documentary from 1984, regrettably shot in black and white, that interviews dozens of street artists, muralists and local residents about the scene, the evolving nature of murals and the limited lifespan of art.

Shot by PBS, “You Know…The Struggle” is a short documentary about socially conscious street art on the Lower East Side in the early 80’s. Suffice to say, the neighborhood depicted here is in striking contrast to its incarnation of 2015.

Looking strangely out of place on 42nd Street, this is Grand Central Station (formerly Terminal) in the early 1900s, after a renovation of the original 1871 structure—which had become too small for the growing metropolis.

Cornelius Vanderbilt’s red brick terminal with its towering cupolas underwent a French Renaissance remodeling, which added three stories.

In the distance is the Queensboro Bridge, built in 1909. This version of Grand Central wouldn’t last long; it would be knocked down and replaced by the current Beaux-Arts beauty by 1913.

Husband and wife team Swetha and Venkat Raju started a South Indian dosa pop-up in Brooklyn, New York while juggling full-time jobs and parenting. What began as cooking for neighbors turned into a thriving weekend pop-up stand. Brooklyn Curry Project recently had to close its stand in Fort Greene because the crowds became too large for the area. Now the couple operates out of a commercial kitchen in Downtown Brooklyn.

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