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1970 S Nyc Subway Graffiti Alphabet City

1970 S Nyc Subway Graffiti Alphabet City

1970 S Nyc Subway Graffiti Alphabet City

1970 S Nyc Subway Graffiti Alphabet City

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Roots Of New York City Grafffiti Movement 1970 S Graffiti Vs

Roots Of New York City Grafffiti Movement 1970 S Graffiti Vs

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1970 s new york city graffiti. Graffiti was one of those crimes that added to the sense of disorder and anarchy that both encouraged other crimes and made new york kind of a scary place to be. Shortly after the death of charlie. Graffiti also saw its first seeds of competition around this time. The stylish mid 70 s beyond in the mid 1970 s with tags going up on walls across new york city and subway cars surfacing each morning covered in elaborate new pieces graffiti art became a political target. In 2014 new york city s subway cars look mostly homogenous with exteriors of blank steel and interiors decorated with the smiling faces of venmo lucas and dr. Born in ecuador and raised in queens lady pink became the most iconic female graffiti artist in new. Around 1970 71 the center of graffiti culture shifted from philadelphia to new york city especially around washington heights where suspects such as taki 183 and tracy 168started to gain.

Thirty years ago at the height of new york city s war on graffiti and in an act of faith utterly incommensurate with the city s public demonization of graffiti writers a group of teenagers named shy 147 daze min and duro met with mta official richard ravitch and proposed a deal. The most infamous graffiti artists of 1970s new york city bil rock. Focusing on graffiti that was started back in the 1970 s in new york city hip hop at it s roots. Clean train movement era. As graffiti became associated with crime many demanded that the government take a more serious. In the late 1970s when the city was bankrupt and crime ridden subway cars were chaotic canvases for graffiti artists. These startling 1970s new york photos reveal a city undergoing an unparalleled transformation fueled by economic collapse and rampant crime.

Graffiti in new york city rise of graffiti epidemic. Modern graffiti began in philadelphia in the 1960s. Also taking place during this era was the movement from outside on the city streets to the subways. If you don t want to have adobe flash installed or are on a apple device then new york graffiti ny graffiti nyc graffiti focusing on graffiti that was started back in the 1970 s in new york city hip hop at it s roots. Reeling from a decade of social turmoil new york in the 1970s fell into a deep tailspin provoked by the flight of the middle class to the suburbs and a nationwide economic recession that hit new york s industrial sector especially hard. Here the work of 12 graffiti kings and their stories.

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Mania Society The Wild Times Of The Subway Graffiti Era 1970 1989

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Subway Art Remembering A Time When New York City S Subways Were

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Ev Grieve Supper S 1970s Style Subway Car Look On 2nd Street

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Contextual Studies 1970 S

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Killer Crafts Crafty Killers Crafts With Anastasia Graffiti

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Ki Creative Studio Graffiti Art From Nyc Streets To Tokyo Bridges

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At149st New York City Graffiti New Book On Queens Graffiti Legend

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Ev Grieve Supper S 1970s Style Subway Car Look On 2nd Street

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Wonder Wander Women Nyc Street Art

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Art History Journal 5 Style Wars

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My First Trip To New York City Tie Dye Eyes Fashion And Travel Blog

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Stevio La La Lovin It Unleashed Magazine Branded Street

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Photographer Martha Cooper Sets Out To Help Preserve New York 39

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Rare Photos Of Dangerous New York City S Subway System 1970 1980

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Subway Art Remembering A Time When New York City S Subways

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Rare Photos Of Dangerous New York City S Subway System 1970 1980

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Mania Society The Wild Times Of The Subway Graffiti Era 1970 1989

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Lloyd S Blog

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New York City On Flipboard By Guy

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Subway Art Remembering A Time When New York City S Subways Were

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Preserving Mom And Pop Shops In Nyc Tracy S New York Life

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Then And Now Then And Now 7th Street And Avenue B Nyc

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1970 S Nyc Subway Graffiti Alphabet City

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116 New York Graffiti And Street Art 1000 Things To Do New York

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Ev Grieve Supper S 1970s Style Subway Car Look On 2nd Street

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Lloyd S Blog

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Graffiti Sessions Day 2 The Legal Sessions Laura Blair

Mania Society The Wild Times Of The Subway Graffiti Era 1970 1989

Mania Society The Wild Times Of The Subway Graffiti Era 1970 1989

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View Of Engaged Ephemeral Art Street Art And The Egyptian Arab

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Anti War Lower Manhattan Color Photos That Capture City Life Of

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New Orleans Art Insider Top Mob Graffiti Retrospective At The Ogden

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Joe Reginella Erschafft In New York Mahnmale Fur Disaster Die

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Graffiti Sessions Day 2 The Legal Sessions Laura Blair

Rare Photos Of Dangerous New York City S Subway System 1970 1980

Rare Photos Of Dangerous New York City S Subway System 1970 1980

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Papergreat 1970s Gang Graffiti Inside A 1928 Book Of Plays

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Tameeka Time Daily News

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Exploring Coney Island In Brooklyn Off The Beaten Track

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Travelmarx Ex Vandals Behind Wexley School For Girls

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1970 S Nyc Subway Graffiti Alphabet City

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Ev Grieve Looking At Two Empty Corner Storefronts Along 7th Street

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22 Wonderful Color Photographs That Capture Christmas Scenes Of

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Scraper Magazine Sprayin With Smurfo

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Roots Of New York City Grafffiti Movement 1970 S Graffiti Vs

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Daily Diggers One For The Writers

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Subway Art Remembering A Time When New York City S Subways Were

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All City Writers Graffiti Book Hookedblog Street Art From

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Yesterday Today New York Before The Great Clean Up During The 1970s

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Transportation Hub Subway Cars Tagged With Graffiti Brazen

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Lloyd S Blog

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Scratched City Best Of Art Basel Part 2

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Street Artist Retna Gets Some Tail As He Hand Paints A 60 Million

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The New York City Police At The Morgue Historical Picture Via 4

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Banksy African Street And Graffiti Art

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Laura Blair Graffiti Sessions Day 2 The Legal Sessions

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The Great God Pan Is Dead Pieced Together And The Tradition Of

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Graffiti And Street Art Digest For April May 2011 Goda Chast 1 1

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My First Trip To New York City Tie Dye Eyes Fashion And Travel Blog

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Street Artist Retna Gets Some Tail As He Hand Paints A 60 Million

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Stevio La La Lovin It Moving Murals Henry Chalfant Martha

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2016 Page 5 Weekly Notes From Fernglade Farm

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Scraper Magazine Sprayin With Smurfo

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Polis November 2010

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Fat Buddha Store Blog All The News Obey X Keith Haring Eyes

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The Great God Pan Is Dead Pieced Together And The Tradition Of

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Ev Grieve Stargirl 2020

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Yesterday Today New York Before The Great Clean Up During The 1970s

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Street Art And Graffiti Paint Artists Make Work Fine Arts

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Scratched City Best Of Art Basel Part 2

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Subway Art Remembering A Time When New York City S Subways Were

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Travelmarx Ex Vandals Behind Wexley School For Girls

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70s Street Art 2yamaha Com

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5 Freight Artists You Should Know Part 1 Sprayplanet

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Banksy African Street And Graffiti Art

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Wisconsin Historical Markers Ship Rock

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Polis November 2010

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Rare Photos Of Dangerous New York City S Subway System 1970 1980

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The 1709 Blog 5pointz A Stronger Legal Protection For Street Art

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22 Wonderful Color Photographs That Capture Christmas Scenes Of

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Streetart Hiphop Culture 70 S 80 S Graffiti Art Artist Paint

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Street Art Imagine It Paint It At Pali Adventures Summer Camp

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Did Banksy Hit The Darul Aman Palace In Afghanistan A Broad Abroad

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Research Archive Blog Archive Detective Show Gorman Park

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Preserving Mom And Pop Shops In Nyc Tracy S New York Life

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Pink Vintage Heart Cropped Wide Leg Jeans

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All City Writers Graffiti Book Hookedblog Street Art From

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12 Cities In 12 Months Fox Feather

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Wisconsin Historical Markers Ship Rock

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Miami Basel New York Academy Of Art

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Tag Heuer Alec Monopoly

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Criterion Confessions Smithereens 941