NYC subway graffiti makes a comeback

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  • čas přidán 13. 03. 2022
  • The MTA said graffiti on subway cars is an expensive problem. But an expert in the history of graffiti in the subway system says it doesn't have to be.
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Komentáře • 956

  • @NotBen101
    @NotBen101 Před 2 lety +729

    If they can bring rent down to what they were in the 70s or 80s that'd be pretty cool too

    • @williamerazo3921
      @williamerazo3921 Před 2 lety +8

      Let your dying city sue then

    • @Forbidden-Pre-Workout
      @Forbidden-Pre-Workout Před 2 lety +11

      Might as well increase conceal carry. Repeal the restrictions.

    • @beemocha
      @beemocha Před 2 lety

      Lol yea

    • @Tortilla.Reform
      @Tortilla.Reform Před 2 lety +5

      @@williamerazo3921 the biggest city in the world that brings in billions is a dying city? Or did the Fox news talking points tell you that?

    • @gboogie360
      @gboogie360 Před 2 lety +1

      😂

  • @inventivevisions8378
    @inventivevisions8378 Před 2 lety +244

    Can’t run trains with graffiti but I stepped in plenty of trains with homeless people, feces, throw up, etc.

    • @iluvyousomuch000
      @iluvyousomuch000 Před 2 lety +25

      graffiti is art

    • @JamesQuent
      @JamesQuent Před 2 lety +2

      @@iluvyousomuch000 Art that rots the body of trains and breaks the train?

    • @bkcollectorshop9631
      @bkcollectorshop9631 Před 2 lety +29

      @@JamesQuent bruh they are still using trains from those times here in NYC what trains have been broken from Graffiti?

    • @KariMaxsoulreapergoddess
      @KariMaxsoulreapergoddess Před 2 lety +15

      @@JamesQuent Big Cap

    • @bkcollectorshop9631
      @bkcollectorshop9631 Před 2 lety +11

      @@KariMaxsoulreapergoddess yeah this guy has no idea what he’s talking about

  • @jimbo1637
    @jimbo1637 Před 2 lety +405

    Graffiti never went away, the city has just been cleaning it frequently for years. MTA budget cuts means this is no longer possible for the trains.

    • @stache1954
      @stache1954 Před 2 lety +9

      Are you kidding? Schumer just gave MTA 6 billion.

    • @jimbo1637
      @jimbo1637 Před 2 lety +20

      @@stache1954 belive it or not, the MTA budget in 2019 was 16.75 billion. In 2021 the MTA had a deficit of roughly 8 billion. They're saving money by skimping on cleaning to try to make up some of it.

    • @terrencebenjamin7241
      @terrencebenjamin7241 Před 2 lety +5

      No. It's just happening more and more.

    • @dylanhom58
      @dylanhom58 Před 2 lety +4

      Half true, budget and staffing for the MTA and other places reduced cleaning and security meaning whatever is done rocks longer but writers definitely responded to that and fewer people on the street during covid and turned up the volume

    • @terrencebenjamin7241
      @terrencebenjamin7241 Před 2 lety +2

      @@dylanhom58 wrong. The budget cuts do not mess with cleaning off the graffiti on the trains once they occur. When it is caught, by rule the train operator has to report it and they take the train out of service and to the yard to remove the graffiti. They are never going to run them in passenger service tagged up ever. The problem is there isn't any security to stop it from happening.

  • @cheezcola
    @cheezcola Před 2 lety +82

    Just call it "murals" and that would make it okay. It is not like we want to see ads on public transportation either.

    • @mr.jamster8414
      @mr.jamster8414 Před 2 lety +2

      They're far uglier, and it's public transit, so...

    • @zero-se7ug
      @zero-se7ug Před 2 lety +8

      @@mr.jamster8414 graffiti is beautiful u just don’t see it

    • @mr.jamster8414
      @mr.jamster8414 Před 2 lety +1

      @@zero-se7ug I meant the ads SMH

    • @zero-se7ug
      @zero-se7ug Před 2 lety

      @@mr.jamster8414 so specify lmao

    • @mr.jamster8414
      @mr.jamster8414 Před 2 lety +5

      @@zero-se7ug "The ads are far uglier, and It's public transit so it makes more sense for common folk art to be on there"
      ...Get it now?

  • @TaylorG712
    @TaylorG712 Před 2 lety +134

    I live in NYC and I don’t really have a problem with graffiti on the trains just don’t cover the windows…

    • @seankaine2411
      @seankaine2411 Před 2 lety +2

      Exactly

    • @FlixCreEightR
      @FlixCreEightR Před 2 lety +7

      graffiti is trash. not art.

    • @TaylorG712
      @TaylorG712 Před 2 lety +29

      @@FlixCreEightR art is but a thing in which a select group of people agreed among themselves to call it art. For example; a white Portrait with a Red point in the center is called art. There is one in a museum with is worth over $20M. And you called graffiti trash? Lol

    • @kenfern2259
      @kenfern2259 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TaylorG712 a white painting being display in moma...

    • @mthxjzz6462
      @mthxjzz6462 Před 2 lety

      @@TaylorG712 "Grafitti will at most burn. True, significant art engraving. It is not only innovative, but at least uncompromisingly controversial or ruthlessly reveals abysses. Graffiti never did. All modern contemporary design/art hardly or very rarely manages to do that. maybe we are too distracted Or too much wealth damaged and our view has become too superficial. Too customized. The main thing is that the market says it works. And finally everyone gets a piece of the cake." - JeamOne

  • @sarahr.6141
    @sarahr.6141 Před 2 lety +188

    MTA so concerned about Graffiti but not the crime happening every day in the subways 🤯

    • @glamslamcam
      @glamslamcam Před 2 lety +13

      But graffiti on the subway IS a crime. It’s illegal. This needs to stop as much as any assault on the the subways.

    • @sarahr.6141
      @sarahr.6141 Před 2 lety +43

      @@glamslamcam True. I think they should prioritize the safety of the people first and the least of worries is the graffiti.

    • @Lycan23beast
      @Lycan23beast Před 2 lety +8

      I think they should invest in HD cameras in every damn corner. No criminal could ever escape.

    • @seankaine2411
      @seankaine2411 Před 2 lety +19

      @@sarahr.6141 I was just about to say art work doesn't push people onto the platform 🤔

    • @DonGivani
      @DonGivani Před 2 lety +3

      You must be foolish, this Graffiti is not art and makes the overall subway experience not save. They don't do this in Singapore, which is relatively saver than NY

  • @davidrudebush6629
    @davidrudebush6629 Před 2 lety +31

    Worry about the crime, homelessness, and unsanitary acts happening on the trains, not the art covering them.

  • @jesussavesnyc
    @jesussavesnyc Před 2 lety +86

    i remember seeing this in the nyc subways back in the 80's & to see this now, brings back memories yet the subway system changed alot

  • @dyl923gonz7
    @dyl923gonz7 Před 2 lety +82

    the only issue i have is they painting over the windows. safety issues since cops cant see inside

    • @mstevenchapman
      @mstevenchapman Před 2 lety +4

      Tru...

    • @alphacharm
      @alphacharm Před 2 lety +7

      Yeah they shouldn’t do that.

    • @Tortilla.Reform
      @Tortilla.Reform Před 2 lety +10

      Cops are too incompetent to actually help you when you need it though

    • @Rendr
      @Rendr Před 2 lety

      Why not just have security cameras inside the trains? Or even a cop on the train?

    • @lightningbot85
      @lightningbot85 Před 2 lety

      @@Rendr yeah its really weird they have tons of cameras in each bus but none in subway cars. I hope the new trains they're getting this year have them.

  • @emanuelcollado1343
    @emanuelcollado1343 Před 2 lety +105

    Crime, inflation now graffiti. Heck it's the 1970s and 80s all over again

  • @Pariahleirus
    @Pariahleirus Před 2 lety +16

    I’ll admit, the graffiti looks nice but it angers me when people spray paint gang related, vulgar and inappropriate images. Wish that could stop.

    • @mr.jamster8414
      @mr.jamster8414 Před 2 lety

      Yep, most doesn't seem so, at least I ain't in NYC though, but I think *more and more people are doing graffiti* as more and more let go of following the laws as they continue to make up a neverending amount of laws that forbid *living* at this point. Can't put your arms out, must ride in the lanes with a helmet, can't train your dog to sic, and the whole COVID shit to top it off, as if people weren't *spending the whole day watching TV and alone* beforehand.
      I think *most violent crime they'd cover up though, same shit as the census, our main industry is property development* and if they were being honest with population data people would be pissed. Only found it out by measuring the growth areas on google earth, and saw they were far bigger than I thought they would be and what the supposed growth rate and inner-urban development suggests. It's basically a mix of replacing/building up the old city and building the worst fucking future ghettos on the outskirts of town, all done in this style that's like an uglier, sanitised version of Japan.
      *Saw what was clearly bullet holes once and couldn't find news about it anywhere* on the internet. Asked around, and met a friend from a different side of town who saw the same circles in glass, and a guy on the internet who said the police basically shrugged him off when there was a shooting on his street.
      Sheesh, if only I'd put this much effort into English class... (did you even make it this far?)

  • @UserIsntHere67
    @UserIsntHere67 Před rokem +8

    I hope graffiti never dies out

  • @LowKey_Mojo
    @LowKey_Mojo Před 2 lety +59

    i thought it looked sick. what if mta teamed up with artists to make the paintings legal and to showcase local art?

    • @SL-pg4dh
      @SL-pg4dh Před 2 lety

      It's tacky and breeds the culture of degeneracy. Which leads to higher crimes and sense of disorderliness and anarchism. See the 80s and 90s.

    • @lightningbot85
      @lightningbot85 Před 2 lety +12

      yeah I've always disliked that the NYC subway trains (and most subways in america) are just boring silver tubes. Even if they don't want to do some kind of graffiti based style to them they should at least add a livery to the trains.

    • @neuorder9835
      @neuorder9835 Před rokem +3

      This would turn alot of the writers away, it being illegal is a huge part of the appeal for them

  • @DarthDickhed
    @DarthDickhed Před 2 lety +54

    Graffiti is a beautiful form of expression. I’d rather watch trains with graffiti then the news.

  • @VILEPAINTS
    @VILEPAINTS Před 2 lety +21

    It’s all European artists ironically not even homegrown talent lol

    • @rabaldar9269
      @rabaldar9269 Před 2 lety

      those special ops type german dudes with the tshirts around their heads

    • @VILEPAINTS
      @VILEPAINTS Před 2 lety +1

      @@rabaldar9269 I wish, usually some chill swedes ain’t much tactical to sneak in the tunnels really just walk in honestly done it before for shits and giggles

    • @rabaldar9269
      @rabaldar9269 Před 2 lety

      @@VILEPAINTS scandinavian writers crush shit, in norway they created a huge ass crew made out of tons of different crews specifically to target oslo subway and train services, caused chaos when they started putting entire cars out of service from etching the windows, watch grovt skadeverk on youtube if u wanna see clips of it

    • @JM-lo4hn
      @JM-lo4hn Před 2 lety

      Hahahaha u so funny u dweeb ahahaa

    • @sirreoser5668
      @sirreoser5668 Před 2 lety +3

      There are some NYC writers who still paint steel. Also people come from Aus to NYC to paint trains. Almost every writer in Aus had seen "Style Wars", it was like a bible and many made it their goal to one day paint NYC trains. Personally I wouldn't, to afraid of a spooked seccy with a gun lol

  • @dannybx78
    @dannybx78 Před 2 lety +18

    Long live the old school version of NYC.

  • @SA-op4xu
    @SA-op4xu Před 2 lety +18

    Victimless crime.

  • @smaweyes
    @smaweyes Před 2 lety +50

    hes right, use the money to clean the insides instead. the art looks cool if you ask me

    • @jmfia2391
      @jmfia2391 Před 2 lety +2

      Right. Unless it somehow effects the operation of the train let it be🤷🏽‍♂ It really looks cool honestly. Very talented people. I wasn't around in the 80s but I appreciate the nostalgia.

    • @nikolairose2739
      @nikolairose2739 Před 2 lety +7

      it looks cool until it doesn't. Reminder that not every train gets the same graffiti artist. You could have a colorful train on Tuesday with a clear purpose in the art. But on Friday you got a train filled with random gang lingo or signatures of random people all over with no rhyme or reason. It's not like this is a organized thing.
      I'll be with you until I see a really shitty, bummy looking train. Like the artist couldnt' afford colors or is too depressed to paint anything pleasing to the eye. TOo many things can go wrong.

    • @TheMusicalElitist
      @TheMusicalElitist Před 2 lety

      No it doesn’t. And no one asked you.

    • @pl0mp378
      @pl0mp378 Před 8 měsíci

      @@nikolairose27391) there wont be any gang related tags or any of just dicks and stuff like that because no toy is gonna rock up to a yard in ny (or any for that matter) and paint just that
      2)if there was more time to do pieces then there would be better pieces running, at my local backjump theres only a 7 min slot to paint between the train stopping and leaving, its more than enough time to do what you want but if you want to do something mad detailed then youll need a bit longer to make it look very impressive (depending on skill)

  • @jackchen7003
    @jackchen7003 Před 2 lety +32

    We’ve come full circle ... it’s the 1970s all over again 🙄

    • @BKAY718
      @BKAY718 Před 2 lety +2

      The good old Days....

  • @isaidwhatIsaid86
    @isaidwhatIsaid86 Před 2 lety +8

    Graffiti on a train is NOT the problem. - That just tells you how disconnected the MTA is from New York City. Graffiti actually ENHANCES the cultural experience of being a New Yorker riding the train. Graffiti is a form of ART..... it does NOT make people late for work or their other destination(s). You know what does make riding the trains miserable? WORKING WITH AN OLD OUTDATED 100 YEAR OLD OPERATING SYSTEM THAT CAUSES TRAIN DELAYS.... RATS AND TRASH ON THE TRACKS THAT CAUSES FIRES, FUNKY SMELLING DIRTY ASS HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT FUNK UP THE TRAINS... Those annoying Mexican Mariachi players on the 6 line or the Showtime crews in 42nd St. that interrupt your ride when you just want to get to point a to point b quietly....yes THOSE are the things that make riding HELL for New Yorkers. NOT Graffiti. - I am a legit 35 year old born and raised in NEW YORK CITY and Not once was graffiti EVER an issue for me or anyone one else. - No true New Yorker will complain about a train tag up but they WILL complain that a passenger got sick or get mad a disabled person is delaying a MTA bus because they gotta get strapped in.

    • @r3b22ber3
      @r3b22ber3 Před 2 lety +2

      It’s against the law in every country to do graffiti end of story. Shut up and move on

    • @mr.jamster8414
      @mr.jamster8414 Před 2 lety

      @@r3b22ber3 not in Greece, or at least the cops turn a blind eye. And who cares, anyway? Do you think the government determines morality?

    • @Dyceman85
      @Dyceman85 Před 2 lety +1

      I respect your point of view. let me enlighten you as to what's going to happen eventually. with the times changing, and money being at the forefront, watch the MTA switch the narrative and start profiting off the 'artwork'... then it will become an issue when artist don't get the credit for their work due to the legalities/circumstances. Transit will somehow arrange a display for tourist attractions, use tagged trains for revenue service, or sell the artwork on clothing, brochures, and other items in the transit store. I bet you the graffiti will stop then.

    • @povertyspec9651
      @povertyspec9651 Před rokem

      It's vandalism, plain and simple.

  • @ThePandaPhotographer
    @ThePandaPhotographer Před 2 lety +78

    Maybe they should do a program where trains do have the graffiti but select the best ones that look appealing to the commuter (s)
    It would be cool to see NYC is updating the train system with some style.

    • @allowedme
      @allowedme Před 2 lety +3

      ThePandaPhotographer
      Graffiti is a criminal art culture so no thanks.

    • @DR-om9ce
      @DR-om9ce Před 2 lety +3

      No it wouldn't "be cool"

    • @CityLifeinAmerica
      @CityLifeinAmerica Před 2 lety +14

      It would be fine as long as they don’t cover up the important stuff like destination signs, train numbers and definitely stay out of the inside.

    • @aaronjames398
      @aaronjames398 Před 2 lety +2

      Let them paint over your property then.

    • @Slippery413
      @Slippery413 Před 2 lety +2

      That's going too make more people do it.

  • @ren3480
    @ren3480 Před 2 lety +75

    All the racist boomers getting mad over graffiti is hilarious, its cool art.

    • @DevoteeCT
      @DevoteeCT Před 2 lety +5

      Zoomers say, "cool art". And I work in the art industry.

    • @jackchen7003
      @jackchen7003 Před 2 lety +6

      But it shows that we’ve just come full circle... nothing has changed, it’s the 1970s all over again

    • @ren3480
      @ren3480 Před 2 lety +1

      @@DevoteeCT then you out of everybody should know all art is cool art.

    • @xoxoxoxoxo7997
      @xoxoxoxoxo7997 Před 2 lety +4

      U probably the racist 😂

    • @jlr194
      @jlr194 Před 2 lety

      Your the one who's privlaged

  • @Schrsmnymkr
    @Schrsmnymkr Před 2 lety +21

    I remember how the subways were when I was small. Graffiti all over the place

    • @margiesbeauty
      @margiesbeauty Před 2 lety +2

      Yup 👍🏾 it was dangerous back then riding the trains.

    • @miket983
      @miket983 Před 2 lety +2

      Those were the days

  • @MizzPrecious92
    @MizzPrecious92 Před 2 lety +32

    Please keep the art. I always been obsessed with train graffiti I love it so much!

    • @deezy81
      @deezy81 Před 2 lety

      💯

    • @douglasbryant513
      @douglasbryant513 Před 2 lety +1

      You wouldn't love it so much if you had to clean it off. You think The Cops should allow people to keep spray painting SUBWAY cars but I'll bet you'd call The Cops if somebody did it to YOUR car.

    • @BKAY718
      @BKAY718 Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks Queen ❤️❤️ I been Bombing since 83...

    • @BKAY718
      @BKAY718 Před 2 lety

      @@douglasbryant513 do you live in my city 🤨

    • @sirreoser5668
      @sirreoser5668 Před 2 lety +1

      @@douglasbryant513 Get out of here with your whataboutisms. Personal property and public property are two completely different things. Also who tf tags cars? I have never seen a single tagged car in my life.

  • @neobeetle
    @neobeetle Před 2 lety +6

    It never was a comeback. Painting always happens and MTA clean it right away. They just let one got away.

  • @bobbyshogun777
    @bobbyshogun777 Před 2 lety +14

    Donate old subway cars to lots/ exhibits/Parks for the street artists and photographers. It is vandalism, but also iconic and much appreciated culturally to N.Y.C.
    Why not even hire some artists to paint these cars professionally with street art ?

    • @nicholasbourne
      @nicholasbourne Před 2 lety +3

      That’s what I’m thinking! Hiring actual artists to design the carts would bring so much back to the culture of my city of New York which has really lost is spunk over the years

  • @chaddavis26
    @chaddavis26 Před 2 lety +58

    Love the art on the trains, it gives them flavor and life.

    • @DR-om9ce
      @DR-om9ce Před 2 lety +4

      Shut up

    • @daviddutra656
      @daviddutra656 Před 2 lety

      Flavor ?

    • @Lycan23beast
      @Lycan23beast Před 2 lety +2

      Gives out negative energy, and un easy feeling. Got to watch your back and sides all the time.

    • @daviddutra656
      @daviddutra656 Před 2 lety

      @@Lycan23beast
      Unfortunately it's like that in all big cities. Sometimes it a good idea n the country too except it needs to be done at a 1/2 radius...

    • @chaddavis26
      @chaddavis26 Před 2 lety

      @@Lycan23beast that’s just a default rule that has to be adhered to whether the trains have pieces on them or not.

  • @Jenvlogs404
    @Jenvlogs404 Před 2 lety +9

    Honestly every MTA train and stop is legendary, it created the iconic urban cuIture. When we moved, my brother started counting the boxes and made trains across the house. I went back to take pictures of 5pointz and realized it was taken down for gentrification, I remember that was the only place that intrigued me staring out the window of trains as a child. Seen city go downhill since 9II. Please keep safe don’t lose selves, there’s appropriate ways to clean.

  • @shadowhcf
    @shadowhcf Před 2 lety +6

    The quotes in this video are hard, definitely gonna be used in a painting video

  • @gabrielagratereaux
    @gabrielagratereaux Před 2 lety +13

    I went to the museum of graffiti. It was beautiful.

    • @nicholasbourne
      @nicholasbourne Před 2 lety +3

      The subway carts should all look like that! It bring so much culture to our city. Dying to go to that museum.. I’ll definitely check it out soon

  • @kidix389
    @kidix389 Před 2 lety +3

    Fuck the MTA. I hope graffiti comes back twice as hard. Beautiful art.

  • @kevinw1090
    @kevinw1090 Před 2 lety +22

    It represents the creative energy of inner city hoods.

    • @deezy81
      @deezy81 Před 2 lety +1

      💯

    • @desireesachs3878
      @desireesachs3878 Před 2 lety +2

      Except they are coming from aboard…do it in your own country!!

    • @desireesachs3878
      @desireesachs3878 Před 2 lety +1

      Waste of our tax money

    • @FlixCreEightR
      @FlixCreEightR Před 2 lety

      it shows how inner city hoods are trash. and the main problem we have in this country.

    • @Patrick-po6vx
      @Patrick-po6vx Před 2 lety

      Did you not watch the Video? Most taggers are from other countrys.

  • @RideWithAnthony
    @RideWithAnthony Před 2 lety +10

    MTA cares more about graffiti than the homeless

    • @Lycan23beast
      @Lycan23beast Před 2 lety

      Both are issues. We should all care not only MTA, it's our community, work together.

  • @SilverImmortal3633
    @SilverImmortal3633 Před 2 lety +37

    They're gonna catch the artist but the actual criminals can still not be found

    • @ald8612
      @ald8612 Před 2 lety +3

      Hello! He's not an "artist" as you call him but, HE IS THE CRIMINAL!

    • @EdRomero312
      @EdRomero312 Před 2 lety +3

      @@ald8612 should focus on arresting car jackers and shooters than trying to stop someone spray painting a train. People that want to act like they are “criminals” should be more worried about not getting their ass beating with a hammer or getting robbed at gun point on the train then worrying about someone spray painting the same train your getting robbed at lol. Yeah he might be a “criminal” based in these man made laws, but if u want look at it from a wider picture that criminal is a small fish 🐟 compared to the amount of crime that surges that has been rising in the past year! Your more concerned about wasting resources on a spray painter than using those limited resources on REAL crime. I’m from Chicago and they don’t have enough police over here to deal with all the violence, while an officer is busy trying to catch a spray painter he could be stopping someone from getting car jacked or robbed at gun point. I’m sure NYC is having the same problem with not enough police officers. Petty crimes shouldn’t be a priority, real crimes should be the priority. I don’t give a fuck if a teen tagging a train is arrested, but I very much do give a fuck if they are arresting and holding responsible all the criminals that are out there terrorizing regular people on a day to day basis.

    • @SilverImmortal3633
      @SilverImmortal3633 Před 2 lety

      @@ald8612 bless your heart ❤

    • @ald8612
      @ald8612 Před 2 lety +2

      @@EdRomero312
      I understand and do empathize with your point. I agree, priority must be given to those more dangerous, serious, violent and life threatening crimes/criminals however, what you fail to realize is just what you said, looking at the overall, big picture.
      Criminals seldom start out committing major crimes. Instead, they start with small, petty crimes like stealing, vandalism and deception. Things that some people call societal or nuisance crimes. Things like spray painting (tagging) subway cars. If we let these people off the hook now, so to speak, overlooking their crimes because we think they are petty in comparison to more serious, pressing crimes, they grow up and progress into more serious crimes of armed robbery, rape, murder and car jackings, etc. because, they don't think they will get caught. This is why it IS important to go after these criminals now, while they are committing/doing these nuisance and/or societal crimes that do, in fact, cost us millions to correct/repair nationwide.
      Hopefully, and statistics have proven this to deter future, more serious crimes. Again, law enforcement must go after ALL criminals however, we do accept and realize that more time, resources and importance must be given to more serious, violent crime/criminals.

    • @l.n963
      @l.n963 Před 2 lety

      @@ald8612 he probably meant violent criminal

  • @billyjoh4123
    @billyjoh4123 Před 2 lety +2

    I'm always damn near stepping in throw up, human shit, piss, and dead rodents, and mfs light crack pipes onna train, Grafitti the last thing I'm worried about

  • @mixedhairless
    @mixedhairless Před 2 lety +32

    Missed opportunity, the MTA could make tons of cash by letting these artists paint the trains… When I was a marketing director I approached the MTA about putting adverts on the cars, and in the stations.. They laughed me out of the meeting.. Welp, what it this, what is this ….. 🤨 ADVERTS ALL OVER THE FECKING PLACE..

    • @debbY100
      @debbY100 Před 2 lety +2

      Agree. Didn’t they eventually do this with Keith Harring? Once he was famous, of course..but it’s such a good idea to have artists do it through them. Some of the work is iconic eventually … and well done.

    • @DR-om9ce
      @DR-om9ce Před 2 lety +3

      Their thugs not artists

    • @jerrinepaiva3835
      @jerrinepaiva3835 Před 2 lety +4

      Isn't that how Banksy started? He is a famous artist now.

    • @mixedhairless
      @mixedhairless Před 2 lety

      @@DR-om9ce ok tough guy MAGA

    • @DR-om9ce
      @DR-om9ce Před 2 lety

      @@mixedhairless not surprised they laughed you out of the meeting

  • @lwrncjms
    @lwrncjms Před 2 lety +26

    Those are writers from overseas. Writers from NYC wouldn't waste their time spending hours on a train piece that'll get washed the next day

    • @stache1954
      @stache1954 Před 2 lety +4

      I was thinking it looks European.

    • @deezy81
      @deezy81 Před 2 lety +3

      Grim Team!!!!🇫🇷

    • @TonyqTNT
      @TonyqTNT Před 2 lety +3

      @@bryans.1710 That's not true they have hip hop genres emerging in The Bronx right now!!!

    • @aworology3027
      @aworology3027 Před 2 lety +3

      These guys aren't spending hours on a train, quick in and out with a flick and that's it, no more than 20minutes

    • @absurd_patience
      @absurd_patience Před 2 lety +2

      @@bryans.1710 Teach us what the norm is Brian. Don't you have a dungeon's and dragon's tournament to get to?

  • @Photoshopuzr
    @Photoshopuzr Před 2 lety +6

    Who remember beat street? The guy or guys that painted the white train now that was a piece of art. This is show business. Those days people was much different. But yeah let's see the rents go down like back in the 80's and 70's. The muggings in the 80's was no joke though. The Manhattan bridge needs a face lift.

  • @rogeremoreno2397
    @rogeremoreno2397 Před 2 lety +7

    Has the news figured out when ever they report something like this it always creates an increase of what they are reporting?

  • @DanielSmith-br1zi
    @DanielSmith-br1zi Před 2 lety +2

    Wasnt a problem for corporations to pollute the visual environment with ads tho?

  • @jannyzhingaz9562
    @jannyzhingaz9562 Před 2 lety +18

    I'll take well executed colorful graffiti over corporate adds
    any day

  • @BlimpCityFeeder
    @BlimpCityFeeder Před 2 lety +47

    Can't run trains with graffiti.. as 1 day it is art, the next day a step further with slurs and symbols. Unless things get so bad that the only trains that are cleaned are those with slurs and symbols.

    • @michelesmith2620
      @michelesmith2620 Před 2 lety +2

      If they do not remove it, it would be funny if people painted over it with even more offensive stuff. The it will be taken down within hours.

    • @ryanuriebuxton
      @ryanuriebuxton Před 2 lety +8

      Not how graff works bruv

    • @BlimpCityFeeder
      @BlimpCityFeeder Před 2 lety

      @@ryanuriebuxton Not with the same graffiti artist, but the trains have to be cleaned as others also see fit to do that as well.

    • @BKAY718
      @BKAY718 Před 2 lety +1

      You must be young lol... Graff is nothing like Hippie painting 🎨🖌️..Graff is a Art a movement...a risk

  • @sadiqmuhammad6925
    @sadiqmuhammad6925 Před 2 lety +7

    Great art work 👍

  • @mstevenchapman
    @mstevenchapman Před 2 lety +5

    YAY!!!!! Get rid of crime, but leave the art please.

  • @azraelinarakoczy7862
    @azraelinarakoczy7862 Před 2 lety +7

    Less police is a bad idea, look at the current crime situation here in NYC with defunding the police, stripping them of their immunity etc.

    • @loverainthunder
      @loverainthunder Před 2 lety +1

      Defunding and stripping immunity hasn't happened yet.

    • @azraelinarakoczy7862
      @azraelinarakoczy7862 Před 2 lety

      @@loverainthunder Yes it has by that bozo Deblaiso. He defunded I billion dollars from the NYPD'S budget, and the immunity was already stripped from the police. This happened after the George Floyd riots.

    • @loverainthunder
      @loverainthunder Před 2 lety

      @@azraelinarakoczy7862 I didn't know this, thanks, will look into it

    • @billyjoh4123
      @billyjoh4123 Před 2 lety

      @@azraelinarakoczy7862 where you live? Cause I'm in bed stuy and cops always parked up near my house, on foot in the lobbys of buildings, and always patrolling..

    • @azraelinarakoczy7862
      @azraelinarakoczy7862 Před 2 lety

      @@billyjoh4123 I live in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, and there isn't any police around my way, wheather day or night. It's deserted as far as police goes.

  • @edwardtan8307
    @edwardtan8307 Před 2 lety +44

    Will this stop the violence in the subway stations? Security is more important, the art just gives the 80s vibes, where insolence rules.

    • @WERNUTZ
      @WERNUTZ Před 2 lety +1

      You do realise some thus graffitti is gangs marking territory.

    • @baronghede604
      @baronghede604 Před 2 lety +5

      @@WERNUTZ so what gang are u in? Why do u give a fuk?

    • @_inked_out
      @_inked_out Před 2 lety +5

      @@WERNUTZ😂😂😂😂

    • @peachslica3399
      @peachslica3399 Před 2 lety +10

      @@WERNUTZ lmao no one is painting gang graffiti on trains

    • @WERNUTZ
      @WERNUTZ Před 2 lety

      @@peachslica3399 Yeah probably not rewatching old 70s movies The Warriors. That movievis funny!

  • @BillyFromNYC
    @BillyFromNYC Před rokem +1

    If this graffiti wasn’t covering the windows, this would honestly be a nice train wrapping lol

  • @jpeg7750
    @jpeg7750 Před 2 lety +2

    I'll take the graffiti over the violence

  • @wendallmickens9782
    @wendallmickens9782 Před 2 lety +4

    If the MTA was to pilot a program where local artists can showcase their art that is tasteful and displays the culture of NYC then there would be a dramatically decrease in taken trains out of service. One train per line where the art has to be respectful, away from all windows, and cannot be political. Hell...they don't have to pay them for it...as they're already doing it for free. I wouldn't be surprised if some businesses wouldn't support that rather than that tacky wrap they use now. Just imagine a graffiti wrapped Marvel train...

  • @blankbeats4906
    @blankbeats4906 Před 2 lety +12

    Let's go that's what I love to see! Love to see that NYC subway trains are still being hit to this day.

  • @davidmcgillveray146
    @davidmcgillveray146 Před 2 měsíci

    Other people call it vandalism but creative people call it a work of art.

  • @deezy81
    @deezy81 Před 2 lety +8

    Hip Hop culture lives!!!!

    • @bernardwatkins1759
      @bernardwatkins1759 Před rokem

      Graffiti has nothing to do with "hip hop". It's its own thing. It's been done before rap came about.

    • @deezy81
      @deezy81 Před rokem

      @@bernardwatkins1759 True, but it is one of the core elements of Hip Hop culture, so it must be mentioned when bringing it up.

  • @gnosis7188
    @gnosis7188 Před 2 lety +10

    I love it , shout out to whoever did that piece. 🙌 lockdowns were an outlet for graffiti writers to express themselves on street canvas again, this is coming back in a big way, you can't lock down or imprison human creativity.

  • @alphacharm
    @alphacharm Před 2 lety +3

    Let them paint all the trains! It would make the nyc experience more fun!

    • @Potassium-Feldspar
      @Potassium-Feldspar Před 2 lety +1

      Then, can I come over and tag your house too?

    • @alphacharm
      @alphacharm Před 2 lety +2

      @@Potassium-Feldspar if you wanna tag this ass then say that….🙄

  • @viProNadedv
    @viProNadedv Před 2 lety +11

    Not gonna lie, shit looks fire 🔥 😂

  • @kayflip2233
    @kayflip2233 Před 2 lety +11

    Bring back the WildStyle days. The city needs some soul back.

    • @deezy81
      @deezy81 Před 2 lety +1

      Lee Quinones!!!!

    • @acerkrt
      @acerkrt Před 2 lety

      What is a WildStyle days?

    • @deezy81
      @deezy81 Před 2 lety

      @@acerkrt It is a style of graffiti and also the name of a classic Hip Hop movie.

    • @acerkrt
      @acerkrt Před 2 lety

      @@deezy81 oh Ok . I've never heard of that and I am from Iowa the home of graffiti.

    • @kayflip2233
      @kayflip2233 Před 2 lety

      @@acerkrt It was a hip hop movie from 1983, you can watch it on youtube.

  • @stopthattrain14
    @stopthattrain14 Před 2 lety +8

    Pick the most talented writers in the city and pay them to do this

    • @tKcs2
      @tKcs2 Před 2 lety +1

      But then the illegal writers would just go over that as a statement.

    • @sirreoser5668
      @sirreoser5668 Před 2 lety +1

      @@tKcs2 Only way I can see it maybe not getting capped is if they used old school kings. Except if cope was on there he'd probably get capped and dogged for being a snitch

    • @tKcs2
      @tKcs2 Před 2 lety +1

      @@sirreoser5668 Oh he would most definitely get capped haha

  • @nycdrake7410
    @nycdrake7410 Před 2 lety +12

    "...Flashback to a rough period of our citys history" graffiti won't kill you people, chill out. It's art

  • @bmxbandito9
    @bmxbandito9 Před 2 lety +13

    The graffiti goes perfect with the 80's crime wave in NYC. Let it run

    • @Lycan23beast
      @Lycan23beast Před 2 lety +1

      Well that's true, and crime in NYC is only getting worse, worse.

    • @monica012077
      @monica012077 Před 2 lety +1

      Except back then almost 2,000 people were murdered yearly. It's not as bad now and the graffiti is actually artistic. Looks like a mural in Williamsburg or Bushwick. Street art is pretty big in this part of Brooklyn though I've never seen them do subway trains. The style is quite similar to what I see daily over here.

  • @jaywill8902
    @jaywill8902 Před 2 lety +10

    Just what New York needed! Thank god 🥴

  • @mineolahome5243
    @mineolahome5243 Před 2 lety +14

    NYC circa 1970s is back!!! Thanks Billy D.!!!

    • @jmc5910
      @jmc5910 Před 2 lety +1

      how much you wanna bet diblasio moves to a red states far away from the cities

  • @alphacharm
    @alphacharm Před 2 lety +11

    Ooooo!!!!! I wanna ride that train!!! Looks nice!!! Keep it!!!! 😍😍 now I feel like a New Yorker!

  • @misterunknown6185
    @misterunknown6185 Před 2 lety +1

    The only "New Yorkers" that would have an issue with this is a Karen from the Midwest.

  • @DRACOFURY
    @DRACOFURY Před 2 lety +2

    *LadyPink* She Is A LEGEND

  • @ripcdburnme
    @ripcdburnme Před 2 lety +7

    If the graffiti looks good, i don't think it should be a crime.

  • @TheChuckers123
    @TheChuckers123 Před 2 lety +6

    Murder, theft, and other forms of crime are also making a big comeback. It’s not something to be celebrated. The city is eating itself alive.

    • @BKAY718
      @BKAY718 Před 2 lety +1

      Like other Countries

  • @ed7519
    @ed7519 Před 2 lety +1

    No graffiti is vandalism we don't want it it's a crime

  • @theallnightr
    @theallnightr Před 2 lety

    Love the tips the artist gave to the MTA at the end… from Miami.

  • @arnaldomorera2388
    @arnaldomorera2388 Před 2 lety +7

    Yeah old school feeling that's mad cool love the art 💯💪💪💪

  • @BigPops757
    @BigPops757 Před 2 lety +6

    They should just leave them like that.

  • @derekvillorente4334
    @derekvillorente4334 Před 2 lety

    Yo, this piece is funky, fly, fresh! 😂

  • @amandamarcelle2572
    @amandamarcelle2572 Před rokem +1

    Not a surprise they been doing that since the 70s and 80s

  • @snazarix1055
    @snazarix1055 Před 2 lety +6

    Im a 90s baby but I remember my dad use to play beat street and wild style all the time and I loved it. This is definitely a nice thing to see.

    • @deezy81
      @deezy81 Před 2 lety

      🙌🏿💯 The cinematic Bibles of hip hop culture

    • @shanicehagert
      @shanicehagert Před 2 lety

      wow SMH

    • @snazarix1055
      @snazarix1055 Před 2 lety

      @@shanicehagert what’s the problem?

    • @shanicehagert
      @shanicehagert Před 2 lety +1

      @@snazarix1055 i know the person image that you're using

    • @snazarix1055
      @snazarix1055 Před 2 lety

      @@shanicehagert are you crazy? I don’t know you at all

  • @samanthab1923
    @samanthab1923 Před 2 lety +6

    I can’t stand this. It’s not just train cars. I’m seeing it in nature too. Paint all over tree stumps, rocks & boulders on nature trails. Famous overlooks.

  • @kevinforeman4485
    @kevinforeman4485 Před 2 lety +1

    YES!!! no insides.thats vandalism. But those outside joints are beautiful works of art.

  • @yourfriendlyneighborhoodsm4708

    It’s because they get paid to run ads on their trains. That’s why they care so much 🙄

  • @blakemcnamara9105
    @blakemcnamara9105 Před 2 lety +17

    I think we can agree that the city is going downhill but instances like these really prove nothing. Every now and then, one car will get vandalised but the TA will clean it within a day or two.

  • @nunayobiz
    @nunayobiz Před 2 lety +3

    One piece of nostalgia I can do WITHOUT!

  • @seankaine2411
    @seankaine2411 Před 2 lety

    Somebody binged watched the Netflix show "The get down" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @robertfung6674
    @robertfung6674 Před 2 lety +1

    Only in America, you will never see this in other countries .

  • @GeretSmith
    @GeretSmith Před 2 lety +5

    wow that looks sweet! good for them! it's your city, decorate it how you want it!

  • @777wisdom7
    @777wisdom7 Před 2 lety +7

    They had the trains that were resistant to graffiti they could just wash the ink off there train with a hose

  • @yolandarumba
    @yolandarumba Před 2 lety +1

    It's art. I celebrate this. Stop calling this vandalism.

  • @knuclear200x
    @knuclear200x Před 2 lety +1

    He's right clean the inside, not the outside. Except for the windows, clean those too. I also prefer if graffiti was made with a tasteful effort, not just a one-color signature

  • @heybestieswithshaypodcast705

    I love it.they should work out a deal

  • @TyrellGordon
    @TyrellGordon Před 2 lety +9

    I really wish I would’ve seen this while I was in the city

  • @brookef6395
    @brookef6395 Před 2 lety +1

    I agree with the Artist we need that brightness and happiness in NYC

  • @djbackspin911
    @djbackspin911 Před rokem +2

    It's good that it's a comeback

  • @crystaljn.551
    @crystaljn.551 Před 2 lety +28

    Graffiti is part of New York’s culture. Just as they display artists’ murals inside, graffiti murals on the outside is always a way to showcase one’s talent. And I do agree, it will liven up the boring natural of the subway. Art can be interpreted in a million different ways.

  • @RM-fe6ye
    @RM-fe6ye Před 2 lety +5

    We need another major cleanup like the 90s..

  • @julianf147
    @julianf147 Před 2 lety +1

    I told you the old New York City is making a come back

  • @NashHinton
    @NashHinton Před 2 lety +1

    Leave it on.

  • @ulovetashi
    @ulovetashi Před 2 lety +6

    I love the graffiti, it gives the city character

    • @Lycan23beast
      @Lycan23beast Před 2 lety

      Depends on the graffiti not all are cool like that one. But they shouldn't do it on something they don't own.

  • @arturoacosta6583
    @arturoacosta6583 Před 2 lety +5

    I appreciate art work,I think the MTA should take pictures of the trains and put out a book!!!!....trust me the books would sell like hot cakes!!!!...and fares could stay the same for a couple of years,just my opinion take it or leave it.

  • @sbc8731
    @sbc8731 Před 2 lety

    When did it go away?

  • @_nickatnite_
    @_nickatnite_ Před 2 lety +2

    It’s not art… half the time it’s a sloppy ass tag. No one has enough time to create “art” they’re throwing it up in 5 mins max

  • @drifterproductions8742
    @drifterproductions8742 Před 2 lety +15

    I remember when I was a teen in the 90's there was graffiti everywhere. I actually kinda miss the graffiti days.

    • @brombromsmuva9215
      @brombromsmuva9215 Před 2 lety

      You mean the 80s

    • @drifterproductions8742
      @drifterproductions8742 Před 2 lety +1

      @@brombromsmuva9215 There was a bunch in the 90's in Phoenix where I was. They started cleaning it up in the early 2000's.

  • @Lee-oj3ro
    @Lee-oj3ro Před 2 lety +16

    Oh yes, vandalizing public property is art. Grow up. It's not fricken art when you got to look at that crap all the time like I had to in the Bronx everyday. That right New York clean it up. Do your art somewhere else.

    • @elincognito2135
      @elincognito2135 Před 2 lety +3

      No sir you grow up. If you don’t like it to bad the worlds doesn’t revolve around your needs and wants..bozo

    • @ryanuriebuxton
      @ryanuriebuxton Před 2 lety +1

      You tell him ^

    • @jannyzhingaz9562
      @jannyzhingaz9562 Před 2 lety

      what about we come around your house and paint it
      look elsewhere no body is forcing you to look at it

  • @machinelanguage5108
    @machinelanguage5108 Před 6 měsíci

    MTA & NYC should EMBRACE this

  • @StreetEvangelismNyc
    @StreetEvangelismNyc Před 2 lety

    Some of those ads inside the train are horrible and it is crazy to think a young child riding the train sees these ads.