Born+in+the+Streets


 * __Born in the Streets: Graffiti__. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2009. Print.**

p7 - STREET AND SELF: THE ROOTS OF GRAFFITI (Richard Goldstein)
 * 1973 NY on brink of fiscal crisis that created many abandoned buildings and and lack of funding in public services (subways)
 * many drugs, high crime, "white flight from the urban core was accelerating"
 * arts flourished, sexuality on display, minorities were assertive