The big city has it's way of welcoming you with open arms, before it reveals what it really has in store. The lower east side in the 1980s was a whole different world. Not everyone here always makes it out. Rest in Peace Monika Beerle.
Photos at 6:37 , 6:44, 10:29, 10:35 and 17:11 taken by Photographer John Penley - http://jpenleypixcom.blogspot.com/
Music: LethalNeedle - Demons