From the Platform: Subway Graffiti, 1983-1989: Subway Graffiti, 1983-1989

by Paul Cavalieri

See the New York City transit system at a time the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) has tried hard to forget. In the early '80s, graffiti writer Paul Cavalieri, who writes "CAVS," was drawn to the colorful tags on trains. He started learning train schedules so he could snap works by many writers of the time. This is a compilation of subway graffiti from 1983 to 1989, when the MTA announced that its fleet was entirely graffiti-free. More than 325...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764337238
• ISBN13: 9780764337239
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 11.3"