[2] His work can also be found inside businesses across United States, France, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, Spain, Brazil, the Caribbean Islands, Senegal, and several other African countries.
[4] In 1968, as a reaction to the riots after Martin Luther King's assassination, storeowners in Harlem added corrugate steel gates to their storefronts.
[6] On Sundays, a day where most stores were closed in Harlem at the time, Franco crafted his art to create positivity-promoting and African-American themed murals on the gates.
[7] In 2011, the Harlem Community Development Corporation was reported to be working on a plan to preserve Franco's gates and have them framed and on permanent display between 1st and 2nd avenues, creating an outdoor gallery.
[5] In December 2014, developer Forest City Ratner announced plans to showcase the remaining gates in East River Plaza, as an homage to the Harlem of the past.