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The first form of graffiti in New York was known as tagging.
they writing their names over the subway and in the streets -
In 1971, Taki 183 even made the New York Times and became the first famous graffiti writer in the city.
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In 1972, the mayor of New York City declared war on graffiti. The New York authorities started what is known as "the buff" - a major effort to clean the city of graffiti.
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From 1971 to 1974, writers started using spray cans and making throw ups and using only two colors.
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Writers organized in crews, and by the summer of 1980, competition between crews had reached fever pitch.
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On top of that new writers - toys - started destroying other writer's work to make room for their own writing. Crews got tighter and tougher trying to protect their work.
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New York authorities begin to make a legal walls called spraying galleries. In another part of the city, windows has been tagged with an acid-based cream.
