Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City and the changes it was going through in the 50’s. An old man sits out front of a shoe repair shop while a cobbler works with a hammer inside. CU of a pizzeria window store front. A vendor stands inside his stop and talks through the window to a woman on the street, while a cat walks along the windowsill. CU of an industrial washing machine. A woman wearing a scarf on her head, pushing a baby carriage looks up to talk to someone in an upper story window of a building. People walk along the street, coming in and out of shops. A man chews gum and leans on the open hood of a car, looking at and working on the engine inside. CU of a pedestrian crossing sign as cars and trucks drive by in the street behind. The narrator explains that this area was once an affordable place to live where immigrants settled, but now things are changing and only some parts are still affordable to live. Shot of neighborhood boys playing ball in a cul de sac. A boy with a bike stops to talk to some friends sitting on a stoop. A little girl plays. A shot pans up an apartment building, showing the open windows and laundry strung outside. Overhead shots of the flat roofs of the buildings and the cityscape.