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The subway trains used to be covered in graffiti. This changed in the mid 80s. I suspect the ridership would prefer them blank. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik
by yincrash 11y ago
The subway trains used to be covered in graffiti. This changed in the mid 80s.
I suspect the ridership would prefer them blank.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_in_New_York_City#Clean_Train_Movement_era https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_in_New_York_City#Cl...
- peferron 11y agoI don't know about NYC, but in Paris most of the graffity are ugly, uninspired scribblings like this: http://iyftc1oqf704bytwz45ub151.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/RER-Train-Interior-Graffiti-Subway-Paris-France-Metro.jpg http://iyftc1oqf704bytwz45ub151.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-c... http://www.theworldisnotflat.com/files/includes/images/112-296304503_6eae712317.jpg-v-0.jpg http://www.theworldisnotflat.com/files/includes/images/112-2... (at least this one is mildly colorful) Similar things are scratched on subway windows. It's hard not to wish them gone.
- yincrash 11y agoThe window etchings are definitely the worst. Thanks for making the window basically unusable, taggers. edit: here's an example of an nyc subway car from the 70s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#/media/File%3AGRAFFITI_ON_A_SUBWAY_CAR_ON_THE_LEXINGTON_AVENUE_LINE_IN_NEW_YORK_CITY._IN_1973_TRANSIT_AUTHORITY_POLICE_ARRESTED..._-_NARA_-_556811.jpg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City...
- codyb 11y agoFor reference, I did not mean unregulated graffiti but, as I mentioned, more along the regulated nature of Five Points NYC which looked like this before it was pointed over a few months ago. [0] [0] - http://inhabitat.com/nyc/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/01/5pointz-demolition-537x390.jpg http://inhabitat.com/nyc/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2012/0...