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Tagging
In the late 1960's alot of boys started writing their names on public places. This was called tagging and was on of the first forms of grafitti in New York -
Taki 183
In 1971 Taki 183 made The New York Times and became the first famous graffiti writer in NYC -
War on graffiti
The mayor of New York. Had declared war on graffiti. The New York authorities put in a major effort, to get rid of the graffiti in the city. The years 1980 to 1985 stands out as a particular tough time for writers. -
new styles
Writers starting using spray cans, and discovered new graffiti styles. One of the styles were throw ups (Quickly done bubble letters or very simple pieces using only two colors), -
Skills
Writers began to compete in skills, and many new style were born -
Crews
Graffiti crews began to appear, in the streets -
Competitions
Now competitions between crews had begun. The crews had to be okay with painting a whole subway and married couple (a piece between two cars) to become King -
Spraying gallaries
In the late 1980's, New York authorities offered legal walls for writers to paint on. They were called spraying gallerias, in an effort to control the writers, from doing it on public illegal places -
Anti-graffiti task force
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani set up the Anti-Graffiti Task Force. He did it to prevent the problem of graffiti vandals in New York City. -
spray paint minimum age
Councilmember Peter Vallone, Jr. attempted to raise the minimum age of using spray paint/permanent markers from 18 to 21. The suggestion was granted -
Graffiti today
To this day today. New York is the birthplace of graffiti. The citizens of New York doesn't see graffiti as vandalism. They see it as a way of expressing themselves, and as an artform
