Category Archives: graffiti

Graffiti in the Boston Phoenix

Graffiti wars: Cops and taggers play a high-stakes game of cat and mouse
Apparently, Graffiti is dead in Eastern Mass:
Sad as it might be to anyone who does appreciate a vibrant urban landscape, to which a certain kind of graffiti can contribute, all signs point to the downfall of a once-thriving graffiti scene in Eastern [...]

Semy BSB IMOK


Now/Then

Now:

Then:

Alert Graffiti

Some flicks (from my hard drive) from local legend ALERT.

JAYROC, Boston Graffiti Legend

Long retired, JAYROC was one of the kings of the second wave of Boston Graffiti. Alongside MASS and DETECT, JAYROC was all city in 1986-87.

(all photos saved from the Internet. Yours? Let me know and I’ll credit you/pull it down.)

Some Classic Old School Boston Graffiti Photos- Click Alert Target

These have all floated around on the Net for years. I figured I ought to give a few of these classic shots from some of Boston’s style masters a permanent home:
Click is Back

Click Handball Court

Alert Halloween Wall

Target

FYI, let me know if any of these flicks are yours and you want them removed…

Graffiti in the Boston Herald

Police: tag! you’re it!: Alleged graffiti vandal nabbed - BostonHerald.com
A notorious international graffiti queen - accused of tagging trains and buildings from Chicago to New York to the capitals of Europe - will be hauled to the Hub to face charges she caused millions in damages to Back Bay brownstones, the Herald has learned.
Allegedly…

COMnGRAF 2

Myspace.com Blogs - ONCE AGAIN,…COMIC BOOKS x GRAFFITI = - Rob Stull MySpace Blog
On Saturday, September 27th the Technical Skate Shop will make history. Not in the short period of time that the well known location has been hosting in-store art events, have they ever done what’s about to happen this September 27th. COMnGRAF is [...]

Boston Graffiti Video From 1992

SA, TARGET, REACT, SEMY all appear in a video shot by SA.
Day and a Life

Bostonians Up Outside of Boston…

VAULT, CHEAT and NEPAL from various spots around the world.