modernaction

I would like to preface this post with the fact that I am an unknown toy, just one of thousands of kids in B'Klyn. who took spray paint and pen to the New York Subway in the 80s. For me, it seemed a waste of time and supplies to hit the streets. Sure, I did the school yards and handball courts im my hood, or copped some tags at Dewy when I was hanging out by the Coney yard. But to this quasi outsiders perspective, it just wasn't done. Sure, the layups were dangerous and could be hot, but you generally had time and privacy. You could bring beer, wine, subway sandwiches... You could smoke, hangout and bomb. And the shit would travel. NYC seemed too spread out to this kid to bother trying to go to different hoods to tag or do throwups. It just seemed to belong on the trains. Of course, there would be big productions on some handball courts and whatnot, as many parks and schoolyards in NYC were not easily accessable by car and were pretty wide open, giving the opportunity to work in peace (piece?). But the culture revolved around trains, That was just how it was done. Again, these are just my own observations from hitting some BMTs in the early 80s and Benching the same period at Atlantic Ave. I am a novice and a nobody.