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Re: 191 Street Subway Tunnel Repainted at a Cost of…

Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Sep 25 16:55:27 2023, in response to 191 Street Subway Tunnel Repainted at a Cost of, posted by heypaul on Sun Sep 24 11:47:11 2023.

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… The tunnel has some history.

In the 1980s it was drab, dirty, and poorly lit until it was cleaned up by the city. Through the years, graffiti artists added to the walls, but in 2022 the city decided to paint over their drawings. That sparked backlash from members of the community who said it was an erasure of their culture.

“It was like an empty feeling when they painted the whole thing in that way, as they did quickly and without announcing anything…it was like when you get out, you are breathing. And it was like what happened,” said Vicky Azcoitia, a documentary photographer and graphic design artist. …

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