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NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up

author: Metro1 : New York, NY

Simple bubble letters got the nickname "throw ups" due to the fact that they were done quick, and a writer would just throw it up in seconds. Writers have their own stamp in a sense... the public would view it as sloppy, but to a writer, it was the key to being noticed quickly. NYC throw up kings such as CAP MPC, COPE 2, JA One, GHOST, KET, and CHINO BYI changes the game with their distinctive throw ups. Some are solid-filled while others prefer to just to it with a fat-cap. Today, thousands of...

Ugliest Building in New York?

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY

On a recent walking tour of Coney Island, Francis Morrone (www.francismorrone.com) described the Abe Stark Sports Center as one of the Ugliest Buildings in New York. I can't say that I disagree. From the utilitarian 1960s-era bomb-shelter aesthetic to the general apparent lack up maintenance, as well as the impassable fencing and steel pull-down doors, this structure seems to have many prerequisites for such a classification. Not to mention the element...

Parkour Trip to Lisses

author: Ben Nuttall : Lisses, FR

Trip to Lisses, 2007: For those of you who don't know, Lisses is a suburb of Paris and it is where Parkour began. David Belle, the founder of the French discipline, lived there and began to develop the art of movement from his background in gymnastics, athletics and martial arts. La Dame Du Lac Me, Danny and Scott met up in Sheffield bus station and got the coach to London, where we met up with...

Graffiti in the Hammer

author: TIMDOG : Hamilton, ON

Here are some photos of graffiti in Hamilton, Ontario. Most of the graf is from KTA, MVP, NAV Crew, Poke, Relic, Cosmo and the generally disliked Chillen and Belio, who tag anything and everything with crude tags, messy spray and the use of supersoakers with paint and acid-etch, used to frost windows. The police are currently looking for them, so far they have managed to damage $35,000 worth of bus shelters and busses... POLE MONSTER

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