Zelig Blumenthal’s Judaica shop bridges the cultural gap between eras; while the dusty window display and the lack of customers gives the impression that this Judaica business may no longer have a place in the commercial make up of the new Lower East Side, the little-know fact that the bulk of the store’s business is now conducted through the Internet, demonstrates that it indeed has found a way of supplying a clientele. The graffiti that is present on so many building doors, and the spray paint murals that seem to appear on every available blank wall, have become windows into the new community; with messages ranging from memorials to people who have dies because of violence to illustrated parables, they express both the artistic style of the residents and the messages that they find important.