Jan 20, 2025 · The New York Times published a story about TAKI 183 in 1971 Smaller World. By 1971-72, just a few years after Cornbread and TAKI 183 began their activity, Philadelphia …

TAKI 183 was a graffiti tagger active during the late 1960s and early 1970s in New York City. His tag was short for "Dimitraki", an alternative for his Greek birth-name Dimitrios, and the number …

Aug 16, 2018 · Taki 183, The King of Late 1960’s Graffiti. Around the same time that Cornbread and the Philadelphia crews were busy spraying elephants and trying to out-tag one another, a …

In 1970s New York, TAKI 183, an ordinary teenager with a marker, sparked a cultural revolution by tagging his name across the city. His simple “Taki 183” tag laid the groundwork for modern …

Throw up style takes its root from that time. Real profs of throw up are TEE, IZ, DY 167, PI, IN, LE, TO, OI, FI aka VINNY, TI 149, CY и PEO. Peak of whole cars as well as throw up took …

Jun 15, 2021 · In 1971, The New York Times reported on an anonymous graffiti tagger called “Taki 183” whose magic marker markings were appearing all over the city and were prompting …

Feb 21, 2016 · During the years of urban decay and high crime, a Greek-American teenager was roaming the narrow dark streets and the gleaming avenues of New York City with a mission. …

It was a period marked by the emergence of graffiti as a form of rebellious street art, with pioneers like TAKI 183 and CORNBREAD gaining notoriety for their work. As subway trains became …

Demetrius was a jobless, gangless Greek lad from Washington Heights who, in the summer of 1970, created work for himself by writing his nickname on local ice cream trucks (“Taki” is a …

May 6, 2018 · In 1970, “Topcat-126” copied their practices and brought graffiti tagging to New York City (Masilamani 5). He used his nickname and street number as his tagging signature. …