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3 BCE
Spraying galleries
In a effort to control of writers, the New York authorities to often legal walls called spraying galleries like 5 points in queens. Writers also find new ways of getting around the buff.
On Staten Island. Lamp posts are being plastered with preprinted stickers. In other parts of city windows are being tagged with an acid based cream that etches itself into glass -
Tagging
in the start of 1960s there was a group with the name taki 183. Taki 183 was the first form of graffiti, they painted their names on the subway, on doors, and other public places. On that way could people from other country know who they are. 1971, taki 183 even made the New York Times and became the first famous graffiti writer in the city. -
Competition between groups
The subway system maked a off the hook line of cummonication, where they could make graffiti without the police thinks it's illegal. The crews competed vs each other and wanna put their marks overall the city, to be "famous" -
New style
From the 1971 to 1974 the group of writers started using spray cans, and making throw ups. Throw up is another way of graffiti, that you only must painting with to simply Colours, and bubble letters, In that time some of the writers competed vs. eactother and wanna see who of them had most skills in graffiti.. -
The Buff
In 1972 the mayor of New York City declared war on graffiti. His goal was to destroy graffiti from the city, that was known as the buff.
The years 1980-1985 was a tough time for writers. The buff had made it harder for writers to find a localation. "toys" started destroying others work and started making new writing.
