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TAKI 183 Spawns pen pals

Taki 183 was a youth who lived on 183rd street in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan,but worked as a messenger traveling by subway to all five boroughts of the city.in his travels he wrote his name everywhere.

History of subway graffiti

Barbara and eva 1962s

The history of subway graffiti in Ney York is a brief one,and the phenomenon differs from all other kinds of graffiti,both past and present.In the 1960s, teenagers in New york began to write their given names,they chose nicknames,creating a public identity for the street.Name graffiti initialy had a territorial function.Gang member marked out their turf and local kids wrote for their friends or for their enemies.