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Broken Windows: Graffiti NYC

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Awesome book on New York City Graffiti with illegal bombs and pieces, legal walls, tons of tags,action shots and crazy quotes from hundreds of artists. Sick fold-outs, mad color and all the boros represented.

THIS IS AN AMAZING BOOK! IT HAS PRODUCTIONS BY ALL THE MAJOR CREWS IN NYC, ILLEGAL PIECES AND BOMBING BY SOME OF THE BEST. GREAT INTERVIEWS ALONG WITH INCREDIBLE FOLD-OUTS. A MUST HAVE!
IMAGRE, NYC

This volume provides the reader with a pictorial and written description of the New York graffiti scene. This is a variety of information presented in a unique format which provides the reader insights into the various artists.
Pictures are well laid out , with gatefolds supporting a plethora of photographic depictions of a variety of talents.
The reader is provided with visual detail of the NYC graff, while text provides additional detail.
Artists are depicted practicing their craft, the reader is exposed to a thorough overview of individuals and groups who represent street art in NYC.
A required addition for an grafitti library , and an excellent introduction for the reader looking for their first graff lit, a nice volume to build a collection from.

THIS BOOK IS BUMPIN'

I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS BOOK WHEN I READ JEFF CHANG'S (AUTHOR OF "CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP: A HISTORY OF THE HIP-HOP GENERATION) GREAT REVIEW ABOUT IT IN THE VILLAGE VOICE. THEN I HEARD HARRY ALLEN (THE MEDIA ASSASSIN ON PUBLIC ENEMY'S "DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE") RECOMMEND IT ON HIS RADIO SHOW AND I KNEW I HAD TO GET IT. "BROKEN WINDOWS" DID NOT DISAPPOINT. IT'S FULL OF HUGE COLOR PHOTOS OF BOMBING, PIECES, PRODUCTIONS, AND EVEN PAGES OF TAGS FROM ALL OVER THE BOROUGHS OF NYC. OVER ONE-THIRD OF THE BOOK'S PHOTOS ARE OF ILLEGAL PIECES AND BOMBING. THERE ARE EVEN 5 FOLD-OUTS ALONG WITH THOUSANDS OF QUOTES FROM THE ARTISTS THEMSELVES. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MUST-HAVE FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE GRAFFITI SCENE. I EVEN SAW THAT BOMBING SCIENCE'S WEBSITE DESCRIBED THIS BOOK AS THE NEW "BIBLE" IN THE WORLD OF GRAFFITI.

great graffiti book i've read so far. It has a lot of photos of writers' works especially pieces and productions. One thing I was hoping to see was writers' tags. After all, graffiti started from tag. But 5-star anyway for dope flicks.

Anyone who loves graffiti and knows anything about it will not be able to put this book down!!! It is packed full of illegal bombing, tags, pieces and huge productions from all over NYC( and yes, pieces can be illegal too- check out some of the great spreads along the Amtrak lines of NYC in the first part of the book). There are so many awesome and original quotes from the graff artists on all types of topics like the paint they use and how they describe their style and even how they got into graffiti. It is really cool that the authors interviewed ALL the graff writers themselves and even have their tags and action shots to prove it. You can really get inside these guys heads!! Overall this book is a must have for anyone interested in graffiti. The panoramic double-page photo spreads and 3 FOOT FOLD-OUTS along with the unforgettable interviews are INCREDIBLE!!!

This is a great book. It tackles a task that could fill 100 books. Amazing pictures and interviews w/NYC's top writers. Only two criticisms: 1) Type print is TINY! Very taxing on the eyeballs to read the interviews (which, as I mentioned, are incredibly insightful). 2) No illegal bombing. This book does a great job of documenting the productions/legal pieces. And, I suppose if that was the goal of this book, cool. I just would have liked to have seen at least a few pages of bombing. Overall, definitely worth the scrill.

this book is great, big ups to HI CREW