{"id":3830,"date":"2019-05-06T14:14:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T14:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3acompositesusa.com\/\/blog\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2020-08-21T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T14:35:02","slug":"public-art-with-dibond-raises-awareness-of-disappearing-mom-and-pop-shops-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3acompositesusa.com\/blog\/public-art-with-dibond-raises-awareness-of-disappearing-mom-and-pop-shops-in-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Art with Dibond\u00ae Raises Awareness of Disappearing ‘Mom-And-Pop’ Shops in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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James and Karla Murray<\/a> — a married team of architectural and interior photographers based in New York City — have been on a mission for two-plus decades to document and preserve images of “mom-and-pop” storefronts scattered throughout the city’s boroughs that not only have fulfilled residents’ retail needs but created a sense of community through their daily interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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From bodegas to newsstands, delis and luncheonettes,\nthis couple has recorded the troubling closures of many of these family-owned\nbusinesses due to financially crippling rent increases. To help raise awareness\nabout the plight of these small businesses, the Murrays created\n“Mom-and-Pops of the L.E.S.”, a large-scale wood-frame sculptural\ninstallation designed to resemble a store. Each of the installation’s four\nwalls is covered with a lifelike 8-by-12 foot photograph of a neighborhood\nstorefront from Manhattan’s\nLower East Side. Three of these businesses\nhave closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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