Kids Play - Martha Cooper documents the Lower East Side - PBS, 1984 from pbs 1984 Watch Video
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Description: Martha (Marty) Cooper began photographing kids in New York City's Lower East Side in the late 1970's as a reporter for The New York Post.In this feature for MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour on PBS, 1984, we see a community of 6 story walk-ups, abandoned buildings, and garbage strewn empty lots.But that's not the focus of Cooper's lens.It's the imaginative world of kids' play.