26+ Graffiti New York 1970s

Around the same time that cornbread and the philadelphia crews were busy.
Graffiti new york 1970s. In 1965 darryl cornbread mccray now widely considered. Taki 183 the king of late 1960 s graffiti. Born in ecuador and raised in queens lady pink became the most iconic female graffiti artist in new. A history of graffiti the 60 s and 70 s cornbread the unlikely beginnings of modern graffiti art. Witten and a generation of urban latchkey kids who spray painted their initials all over manhattan in the 1970s and 80s and landed in the city s street art scene are coming of age middle age. Graffiti has divided new yorkers since it first appeared on walls signs and lampposts in the late 1960s. Crime in general was rising in the 1970 s and it was exploding in the subway.
Hailing from manhattan s upper west side bil rock led the rolling thunder writers a crew that became one of. 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.