Photographers James and Karla Murray have turned their popular photobooks Store Front and Store Front II into a physical public art installation in the Lower East Side's Seward Park. The installation has large printouts of the vanished mom & pop storefronts placed onto physical structures. In this short video from 6sqft, see how it all came together.

This time-lapse video shows iconic "Storefronts of New York" photographers James and Karla Murray installing their art piece "Mom-and-Pops of the LES" in Seward Park. The installation depicts four nearly life-size photos of Lower East Side business that have mostly disappeared--a bodega, a coffee shop/luncheonette (the recently lost Cup & Saucer), a deli (Katz’s), and a newsstand (Chung’s Candy & Soda Stand).

The New York City Office of Emergency Management (NYCOEM) is an essential City agency that helps New Yorkers prepare for, and recover from, natural and man-made disasters. In this short video from the NYCOEM, watch as they explain exactly how they help us out.

Learn how NYC Emergency Management helps New Yorkers before, during, and after emergencies. Prepare. Respond. Recover.

In this interesting video from our friends at BRIC TV, learn how the Brooklyn neighborhood of Prospect Heights was built from the ground up relatively recently, and the ongoing efforts to preserve its identity.

Built in the 20 year period between 1909 and 1929, the Prospect Heights Apartment District houses thousands of people in Beaux Arts splendor. Two neighbors tell their stories of how they are trying to protect the neighborhood from development and save the cool buildings and rent stabilized apartments.