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Spoiler

full documentary
starts off in Uptown NY
speak to the Philly pioneers at 21 minute mark

 

[cheek100]

cheekoner!

 

[Rhyme 4 Rhyme]

I'll check it.

PK Kid mentioned?

 

[Stir Fry]

 

[Art Barr]

mad props



Art Barr

do you write?

 

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mad props



Art Barr

do you write?

you're welcome

no, never tagged or sprayed

one year my buddy and I worked summer youth, and we helped an artist put up a mural done with spray paint

 

[IllmaticDelta]

As far as Philly goes, they don't get the credit they deserve for birthing the NY movement.

The first real typographic trend in graffiti is introduced by TOPCAT 126, a Philadelphia writer who had moved to Harlem. The introduction of his ‘Broadway Elegant’, also known as Manhattan Style, marks the first typographic wave within New York City graffiti history. Broadway Elegant featured long slender letters, which often had platforms on the bottoms of the stems. Broadway Elegant was named after the famous New York City Broadway boulevard which bends from Brooklyn through Manhattan al the way up to Yonkers.

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Typograffiti - 1: The Birth of Style - Street Art Today

 

[Stir Fry]

As far as Philly goes, they don't get the credit they deserve for birthing the NY movement.



Typograffiti - 1: The Birth of Style - Street Art Today

Philly handstyles >>>>>

 

[KingsOfKings]

Props

 

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*long article, roundtable discussion from the primary people involved in Wild Style