SUBWAY’S SPY CAMS TO SEE ALL

By TOM NAMAKO, TRANSIT REPORTER
Straphangers will soon have a watchful eye over them as they ride the rails.

In a groundbreaking security initiative, MTA will begin running one subway train with security cameras in every one of its cars by the end of the year, officials said yesterday. Every corner of every car will be in the cameras’ view.

The train, which will run on a “letter” line chosen at a later date, will be outfitted with a digital surveillance system that creates a computer-based log of events that can be viewed after a crime or emergency. No one will be watching the images live, but the cameras, authorities believe, will at least make would-be criminals think twice.

“Subways should be equipped with camera capability so we’ll be able to determine if a crime has been committed,” said MTA board member Norman Seabrook.

Q & A: NEW YORK GRAFFITI ARTIST KET

by CHRIS GROSSO on Jul.22, 2009, under KET via

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING ART?
As a kid I drew a bit but I started to take it a bit more serious in 1987 when I started to write on trains.

WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO BECOME AN ARTIST?
I was inspired by the writers i met in high school and by the writer’s whose names I saw on the walls and the trains in my neighborhood. I wanted to be like them, to paint like them, and I wanted to be up. My neighborhood looked better as a result of the writer’s pieces and throw ups. I loved it.

YERS

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Writer Spotlight: YERS by the GRAFFITI PROFESSOR

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Today’s spotlight is on one of my favorite graffiti writers known as YERS. Below these flicks is a little Q & A followed by a video documenting some of his recent artistic endeavors. Please watch, read, and enjoy!

Get to know him…

Tuff City Styles in LA –

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