A mural and graffiti share a wall along South 4th St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood.
Street artists treat graffiti as colorful backdrops, but not as art. Graffiti represents a rebellious street culture that thrived in New York in the 1970s. Graffiti writers practice a wild, more elaborate style of letters blended with different colors, while street art usually depicts everyday life in the neighborhood. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
In Williamsburg along Bedford Street, murals and graffiti cover many of the neighborhood walls. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
A woman and her daughter walk by a large mural on South 4th St. in Williamsburg. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
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Isabelle Morax and her daughter Mona Schiff, age 9, ride by a mural in Williamsburg where they live. Isabelle is from France and says “what I like most is the mix of people and the kind of underground scene. It’s relaxed and alive at the same time.” (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Murals, condominiums, and graffiti compete for space in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg area. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Popular street art images cover a door in the SoHo distric of Manhattan near Spring Street. Some of the buildings in the area which used to be a canvas for graffiti and street art are being turned into condominuims. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
Business suits and graffiti are common in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg area. Alyssa Morales, 4, left, and Jose Orsini, 4, right, play on the sidewalk. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
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In SoHo district of Manhattan, local street artists and graffiti artists have left their mark. Some of the buildings along Spring Street, which used to be a canvas for graffiti and street art, are being turned into condominuims. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
In Manhattans Nolita neighborhood, outside SoHo, 11 Spring St. was once a showcase of illegal street art and graffiti but is now being turned into multimillion-dollar condos. (Carolyn Cole / LAT)
