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Life Near the Queensboro Bridge

A Streetfilm by Nick Whitaker

Running time: 3:44

Sarah Gallagher of the Upper Green Side introduces us to life on the neighborhood streets on the Manhattan side of the Queensboro bridge. Talking with store owners and others in the area, Streetfilms' Nick Whitaker learns that expensive rent isn't the only cost of doing business on the Upper East Side.


"There's never a quiet time anymore. And there's never a clean time anymore. And there's never a safe time anymore. It's always traffic first."

-- Sheldon Barr, Upper East Side Gallery Owner

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