Graffiti Subway 1977 NYC Subway MTA

I remember when the "straps" were made of leather and when the trains & stations used light bulbs that screwed in turning the opposite way to avoid theft!

You used to be able to walk from train to train. The doors were unlocked most of the time. Unbelievable today!

Graffiti Subway 1977 NYC Subway MTA by Whiskeygonebad.

Subway Graffiti inside a West End line train in 1977. So prolific was graffiti in the 70s, it was actually considered an act of insanity to even speak of attempting to remove any of it.
The best Graffiti I ever saw was written across 4 train cars reading:
"CHICO'S BAD CHICO'S TOPS - CHICO AIN'T AFRAID OF THE TA COPS."
I have a pic of one of the cars somewhere but I would have needed a motordrive to get all of the cars in. You used to be able to walk from train to train. The doors were unlocked most of the time. Unbelievable today!
ADDENDUM: I had no idea I had captured a part of the graffiti history of NYC before the comments on this posting! See my main photo sets B4 you leave. TNX:
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Comments

nyperson says:

Nice
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

CHUNK2 says:

a great take on new york city subway history
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

"WHATCHUWRITE?" says:

This is an incredible picture man, mini wide marker action!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Whiskeygonebad says:

Is a "mini wide marker" a rare thing to have. Were they banned or requested to no longer be manufactured or imported. I know less than nothing about graffiti.
I only know what a "tag" is.
- Badwsky
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

vendalism says:

SES, AC, BT & TOR whose names all appear in this picture were all inside kings of graffiti on the letter train lines . BT other wise know as Bad Taxi was one of the most prolific taggers to ever write on the inside of the IND & BMT subway lines. His career spanned well over a dozen years. Hate it , like it or love it us writers sure had a load of fun in the tunnels and in the yards getting our names up.

Also that Rook tag is a Uni Marker I still have mine from back in the days.
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

retrosigns says:

Mini Wdes are a rare marker to have today....They are no longer made and highly prized by collectors,I was told that the injection mould was in a fire and a new mould is like 30 to 50 thousand dollars. fFor WESCOSA to spend that much on a new one, they would have to sell a hell of a lot of markers just to break even. I have photos of these markers on my stream
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

BH-one says:

Don't forget NIF on the door. CW in effect! I still have my mini somewhere!
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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