Call me crazy, but I don't think the guy in the video and the guy in this picture here look like the same guy, which would mean that there are at least two people going by the name and identity of James Alefantis: https://www.google.com/search?sclient=tablet-gws&site=&source=hp&q=%22James+Alefantis%22+Transformer&oq=%22James+Alefantis%22+Transformer&gs_l=tablet-gws.12...3280.17535.0.17988.29.29.0.0.0.0.191.2883.18j11.29.0....0...1c..64.tablet-gws..0.18.1737...0j0i131k1j0i3k1j0i22i30i19k1.1bYfHJzGzNI#imgrc=rKT0U6T8KsnXwM%3A

I was reading the comments on the youtube video and apparently he's lying when he says the art has been down for 5-6 years - a guy recently filmed the mural, before he got kicked out.