Monday, August 13, 2012
An Incomplete History of Brooklyn Street Art and A Night Out with ND'A
Posted by Kristin Iversen on Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:50 AM
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1970s continued
A big development in the graffiti scene of the time was to hit subways as a way to communicate with other artists. The Redbird subway lines (long gone now but not forgotten by anyone who rode the IRT line in the 80s, which, do people even know what the IRT is anymore???) were so thoroughly covered in graffiti, that the MTA had no choice but to introduce new subway cars. Of course, for the "super crews" of the time, all that meant was they had new, fresh canvases to work on.
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Kristin Iversen
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Kristin Iversen is the Managing Editor at Brooklyn Magazine and the L Magazine. She has been described as "a hipster buzzword made flesh." This seems pretty accurate.
Kristin Iversen is the Managing Editor at Brooklyn Magazine and the L Magazine. She has been described as "a hipster buzzword made flesh." This seems pretty accurate.
