Brian DeGraw
What is your passion?
“the pursuit of the answer to that question”
Name: Brian DeGraw
Business: Gang Gang , Art in all forms.
Where are you from?: Milford, Connecticut
When did you move to NY? 1997
When did you move to the LES?1997
What is your first memory of the LES? buying hair dye at 99X and being starstruck seeing Taylor Mead walking on Canal street with his walkman headphones and tattered newspapers.
What is your history with the LES? I grew up taking metro north into the city on weekends and going to the LES to be around punks and skaters. basically have continued on that path ever since. I've lived on Attorney, Norfolk, Orchard, and now 2nd street. I have left a few times here and there but I'm magnetically connected to the neighborhood.
Outside of your business what is your favorite part of the LES? its history, artistic legacy, and the perseverance of its community to preserve that history and legacy..past, present, and future. I also really love my backyard and the trees and Tai Chi of Meltzer park.
What is your passion? the pursuit of the answer to that question.
What is your motto? "i'll see it when I believe it. "
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