A presentation I gave on a project I'm undertaking for a class at the New School

1. “. . . millions and millions of people were looking at
canvases that were brought to them instead of
them having to go somewhere. People don’t have
time to go to no museum. We were actually more
famous than Van Gogh and them sons of bitches!
We ran shit. For the first time, it was art for the
people by the people.”
-TRACY 168
From Art and the Subway: New York Underground by Tracy Fitzpatrick

2. Excerpt from Style Wars: Hip Hop Documentary (1982)

3. 1960’s
The New York Times / Don Hogan Charles

4. Early 1970’s
Super Strut, late 1972. From Graffiti Kings by Jack Stewart

5. Mid 1970’s
Tracy 168, 1975 or 1976. From Graffiti Kings by Jack Stewart

6. Late 1970’s & Early 1980’s
Children of the Grave Return, Part 2. Dondi, 1980
Futura 2000, 1980

7. 1972 Subway Map

8. Excerpt from Style Wars: Hip Hop Documentary (1982)

9. Benching
The 149th Street and Grand Concourse Station
The Bronx // 2, 4, 5
West 168th Street Station
Manhattan // A, AA, B, 1
West 96th Street Station
Manhattan // 1, 2, 3
The 180th Street Station
The Bronx // 2, 5
Atlantic Avenue Station
Brooklyn // 2, 3, 4, 5, D, M

10. Lay-ups
Between 173rd and 176th Streets
The Bronx // 4
Morris Park / Esplanade
The Bronx // 2, 5
Between 137th and 145th
Manhattan // 1
Utica
Brooklyn // 4, 5

11. Yards
The 241st Street Yard
The Bronx // 2
Corona Yard, by the Willets Point Station
Queens // 7
Coney Island Yard
Brooklyn // B, N, F, Q, M
The D Yard, and the Bedford Park Station
The Bronx // D, C
The E Yard, The Jamaica Repair Shop
Queens // E, F, G, R