Depicting vignettes of community history, “The Greenwich Village Murals” consists of children's composite drawings inspired and guided by an artist concerned with "identity" and its portrayal. Lee Brozgol first intended to devote each of the four panels to one famous person. "But the village is so rich in amazing characters who shaped America that picking only twelve was impossible," he said. With students from Greenwich Village's P.S. 41, he found space for some forty people arranged in four groupings: “Founders,” “Providers,” “Bohemians,” and “Rebels” - bending time to group them together. Deborah Lewis, a teacher at P.S. 41, helped Brozgol select nine fifth and sixth graders for the project. The resulting presentation recognizes the many individuals who gave the neighborhood its reputation as a cauldron of artistic and political activity.

Lee Brozgol (1941 – 2021) was a pioneering artist and clinical social worker integral to the Lower East Side community since the mid-1960s. Born in Chicago, Brozgol channeled the colorful, gritty energy of the Windy City into vibrant New York City public art commissions. Brozgol was interested in exploring human identity and how to portray it. His hand-crafted ceramics were the main focus of his artistic style, allowing him to hone his love for personal detail, individual expression and collaboration.  His work has been shown at Grand Central Station, The Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, the Paine Weber Gallery, The Tiberino Museum and, in 2006, he had a retrospective at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.