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Roberts was born in Emporia, Virginia, moving to the Bronx, New York at age six. [1] He was called a "superstar" of the graffiti world in the late 1970s. [4] Widely considered to use one of the most famous graffiti tags in the world, his trademark includes a smoking version of the stick figure from 1960s British television program The Saint.
Born to the late John Thomas Marrow and Adele Crichlow Marrow. He was a native of The Bronx, New York City, and attended DeWitt Clinton High School.Many famous graffiti writers of the early 1970s would meet at a doughnut shop across from the school before heading down to the 149th Street–Grand Concourse station to watch tagged trains on the IRT subway lines pass.
West 147th–149th Streets Historic District is a national historic district in Harlem, New York, New York. It consists of 60 contributing buildings; 58 tenements, one school, and one stable built between 1894 and 1905. With the exception of the stable, all of the buildings are five or six stories tall, all with brick facades.
SJK 171, a.k.a. Steve the Greek (born c.1957) is a New York City graffiti artist who was active during the late 1960s and 1970s. [2] A native of Washington Heights, he was a founding member of United Graffiti Artists, one of the first professional graffiti collectives.
The 149th Street–Grand Concourse station is an express station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line that has three tracks and two island platforms, with the center track used during rush hours in the peak direction. This station is on the upper level of the two-level station complex, with a free transfer to the IRT White Plains Road Line on the ...
Most artwork is centered under the light. The Freedom Tunnel is a railroad tunnel carrying the West Side Line under Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York City.Used by Amtrak trains to and from Pennsylvania Station, it got its name because the graffiti artist Chris "Freedom" Pape used the tunnel walls to create some of his most notable artwork.
M125: to Manhattanville (via 125th Street) The following New York City Subway stations serve the Hub: [16] Third Avenue–149th Street subway station on the IRT White Plains Road Line (2 and 5 trains) The Hub does not have a nearby Metro-North Railroad station, but the Melrose station is a few blocks north at 162nd Street and Park Avenue.
It had housed the Crane Street Studios, in which 200 artists paid below-market rents for studio space. A 450-square-foot (42 m 2 ) studio was listed as renting for $600 per month in 2009. [ 5 ] 5 Pointz was described by an About.com contributor in 2008 as "a living collage of graffiti art covering a converted warehouse full of artist studios".