This is really one of my most spectacular finds. Six or possibly seven hall of famers on one wall in Harlem photographed back in 1985…If you know the history of graffiti in it’s heyday, then you will understand the significance of these tags…In the center is JOE-136 who was maybe the first king of The Broadway Local back in 1970-1…He has rarely received his credit for being among the first few writers who started the movement…Crazy Cross-136 was probably a good friend of Joe’s…Phase-2 had one of the best tags of all time. #3 on my list followed by LSD-3…Barbara & Eve 62 were from the Amsterdam projects and were the first two girl writers to get up in New York…Lee-163d had an awfully nice tag as well as having been tagging back in the first wave. FDT-56 and his partner Hoy-56 got up big time as well…..
Black and White Street Photographs of New York City by Matt Weber 
love the little history lessons.
great photos.
thanks.
Many of these tags were the reason I took up writing as a kid, so I remember more than I would have as a spectator…
amazing captures,class in session,,many thanks for sharing these,,pure hip hop gold..
Hunty, was there even Hip hop back in 1972? I thought Motown was still the groove 40 years ago…
It’s fascinating that this wall is in Harlem because of the writers involved. LEE 163, BARBARA 62, EVA 62 AND CHARMIN 65 used to cut school and go motion tagging all day – this seems like one of those endeavors. LEE
and PHASE were writing partners early on and i’m sure he was there the same day. The 136 boys – CRAZY CROSS 136, JOE 136, ACE 137 and others were the first real presence on the outside of the #1 line during the summer of 1972. While the writers had been hitting the #1 line for over a year it wasn’t until 1972 when ACE 137 stole a motorman’s keys that the task became simplified. It should also be noted that LEE 163 always credited JOE 136 as an early influence for hitting the fronts of the trains. The FDT 56 and KROME 100 tags appear to have been done in the mid-70’s. This leaves the SANTOS 108 as the wild card. SANTOS was from the Wanted crew in the Bronx and it would be unusual to find a single hit of his without his peers around, unless he grew up in Harlem on 108th street and happened on the wall.
It should also be noted that writers looked for walls that had great tags on them and added their own. It’s still an eclectic group of legends and a great find.
As I was driving around Harlem, looking for first generation tags, this was the ultimate find! I went to school as I think you did on 136th Street, and I use to look at a gigantic Joe !36
tag which was done in brush high up on the side of a public school, if memory serves me…
wow priceless photo, love it!
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