King's Street

King’s Street was photographed on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in West Hempstead and King Street in Chappaqua.  Beyond the similarities in name, there are many attributes that link the two communities.  I have a vested interest in both of these communities because I live amongst the two of them.  After moving to Hempstead from Westchester for “higher learning,” I experienced, first hand, the different attributes that make up the two communities.

  

Only 44 miles separate these two New York communities, and yet these streets are poller opposites from one another.  Those who lived in West Hemspstead were hesitant to speak with me, but were still more receptive of my presence than the suburbanites in Chappaqua.  

In the end, my paradigm of community and family were shifted.

Julius did 16 years in prison, expressesd the need for the community to stop the violence.

Regular Sunday afternoon on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

These parents moved to Chappaqua for their kids to have a better life.

The typical mansion one can expect while frequenting King Street.