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	TAKI 183 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the originators of New York graffiti was TAKI 183 – a foot messenger who would tag his nickname around New York streets that he daily frequented en route in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
		Soon following Julio came Taki who was a Greek-American – his tag was diminutive for Demetrius, while 183 came from his address on 183rd Street in Washington Heights.
		TAKI 183 arguably spurred competitive tagging in NYC as within months his tag was being mimicked by hundreds of urban youth across the five boroughs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TAKI_183 (217 words)

	Untitled Document
		Enter TAKI 183, a kid that lives on 183rd street in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan.
		The number means just that, TAKI lives on 183rd street, therefore he chose his number street as a sign of location, as a base saying " yo' kid I'm from 183rd ".
		As a result the article was hot, this gave TAKI his 15 minutes, and sparked a citywide rush of all of these kids wanting fame that TAKI received.
	acweb.colum.edu /users/hawkins/dm.htm (2420 words)

	kuhishoko (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Taki, a foot-courier from 183rd St, had to travel on the sub-way all across New York.
		Soon he had written his name in every district (Queens, New Jersey, Manhattan, Brooklyn and his home district, the Bronx) and had thousands of ‘followers’, who were also writing their name and street on the trains.
		Taki did not use spray paint but opted for a plain fl marker pen to inscribe his name everywhere he went.
	www12.brinkster.com /kuhishoko/graffitiessay.html (1046 words)

	Spray it
		It is believed Taki 183 was the first - but whether you think that's a good thing or not depends on what you think of graffiti.
		Taki 183 was the New York City kid who started signing his stylised signature on subway cars and trains back in the late 70s.
		Taki 183, Seen, Blade, Daze, Min One and many others graffiti writers and bombers made it.
	www.nograffiti.com /grafnews/10_21_03/spray_it.htm (1044 words)

	Graffiti art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of the originators of New York graffiti was TAKI 183; a foot messenger who would tag his nickname around New York streets that he daily frequented en route.
		A Greek-American, Taki was his nickname, diminutive for Demetrius, he took the 183 from his address.
		It should be noted that there were other writers active in NYC before Taki, but he brought the most attention to the movement.
	www.enlightenweb.net /g/gr/graffiti_art.html (716 words)

	JINX \| ART CRIMES
		A time when people with names like Taki 183, P Nut, Blade, Smiley, Airborne, and Iz the Wiz left their marks on the colossal steel people-movers of the great metropolis.
		In New York City, however, the trend of "tagging", or writing one's name, on subway cars is most often credited to Taki 183, a seventeen year old from 183rd Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, whose job as a messenger required him to travel on the trains everyday.
		Taki began writing his name all over the trains and stations of the transit system, and it wasn't too long before people started to notice.
	www.jinxmagazine.com /art_crimes.html (1094 words)

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		But sadly, they tracked down TAKI 183 and represented him as a spineless apologist who has redeemed himself by becoming an upright, hard-working citizen.
		TAKI 183, the godfather of graffiti, made his mark on New York in a big way.
		I thought that kind of justified it." There were lots of kids on the graffiti bandwagon in the late 1960's, but Taki seemed the busiest.
	www.zephyrgraffiti.com /otherwrt/taki183.html (609 words)

	::HIP HOP CONGRESS:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TAKI 183 was the alias of a kid from Washington Heights.
		TAKI was the nick name for his given name Demetrius and 183 was the number of the street where he lived.
		He was employed as a foot messenger, so he was on the subway frequently and took advantage of it, doing motion tags.
	www.hiphopcongress.com /expression/art/art_archive_graf.html (659 words)

	HarrisburgPhotography.com - Graffiti Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This was not his real name, of course, "Taki 183" is what is called his "tag".
		Taki is a Greek nickname for Dimitrius and he chose 183 because he lived on 183rd street.
		Before long "Taki 183" was all over the city.
	www.harrisburgphotography.com /graffiti.html (605 words)

	graffiti
		TAKI 183 was one the first artists to write motion tags on subways.
		His real name was Demetrium, but had adapted the title Taki in his neighbourhood.
		TAKI 183 is credited as being the one who began the competition among graffiti artists.
	www.geocities.com /laeeque1650/graffiti.html (1770 words)

	Sophomore Project by Amie Csiszer '02
		Demitrius, also known as "Taki," carried a magic marker with him wherever he went, documenting his travels by leaving his nickname and address on whatever happened to be around.
		In Taki's explanation for his actions, he uttered a sentence that would echo in the minds of New York's teens and in the city's streets-"'you do it for yourself'" (NYT 1971:37).
		Taki was a recent high school graduate with immediate college plans; he was not, by any means, a juvenile delinquent.
	www.union.edu /PUBLIC/SCHOLARS/soph/csiszer.htm (19959 words)

	historia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of the first bombers was ”Taki 183”.
		He started to write ”Taki 183” at all the places he visited.
		He didn´t use his real name, no ”Taki 183” was just his tag.
	hemsidor.torget.se /users/a/artlu/history.htm (317 words)

	HipHopCity.com: Where HipHop Lives! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		TAKI 183 was a teenager from Greece named Demetrius.
		Demetrius took his nickname which was Taki and placed it front of the street on which he lived, 183rd Street.
		Thus, the tag name TAKI 183 was created.
	www.hiphopcity.com /history/evolutionofrap02.htm (907 words)

	.Bengal News Online.
		According to the author of Workout Ltd. at tagging began in the summer of 1970 when a Manhattan youth began writing his name and street number onto ice cream trucks in the neighborhood.
		“Taki 183” worked as a messenger and began writing his name everywhere in 1971.
		Kids impressed by the article began to compete for the fame of “Taki 183.” They were throwin’ up their tags frequently and in as many hard-to-reach places as possible.
	www.buffalostate.edu /bengalnews/feb0328/writingwall.htm (287 words)

	The WeeklyPress@Philly1.Com -- On the comeback trail: graffiti -- 04/07/04 -- Philadelphia, PA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When Cornbread and Cool Earl were writing their names all over the railroad tracks and walls of Philadelphia's Suburban Station in 1971, "Taki 183," a teenager from 183rd Street in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, was thinking of bigger things.
		"Taki 183," a humble city messenger, scrawled his name all over Manhattan until the press anointed him a celebrity.
		Where Cornbread, Cool Earl and "Taki 183" are today is anybody's guess, but their 15 minutes of fame was merely the precursor for a graffitiwriting explosion that has hit virtually every city on earth.
	www.philly1.com /story1040704.html (1848 words)

	PRHYMEMATES.com [ Interviews - Dan the Automator ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On July 21, 1971, The New York Times printed the story of the Manhattan messenger who traveled throughout the five boroughs by subway, tagging TAKI 183 on stations and cars wherever he went.
		Although he was not the first graffiti artist - Cornbread was already writing in Philadelphia, and New York had Julio 204 and Frank 207 - TAKI 183 was the first to be recognized outside the subculture, and inspired young aerosol artists throughout New York City and beyond.
		While Taki 183 was the first to tag train stations, Julio 204 was the first to combine his name with his street number.
	www.prhymemates.com /media/press_03.php (1050 words)

	Journal of Student Work, Style Wars
		The article, entitled 'Taki 183 spawns pen pals' was the first of its kind.
		Within a year of the emergence of Taki 183 - and the subsequent 'Times' article - the phenomenon of hundreds of youth seeking to express themselves via the subway system was spawned and the movement that was later to be termed hip-hop graffiti".
		From 1971 on, the graffiti subculture began to grow enormously within the city, as more and more inner-city youth realized the enormous potential of the entire subway system as their canvas.
	www.otal.umd.edu /~deruyver/amst418p/jaybiz/final.html (2411 words)

	Graffiti is modern form of artisitic expression for youth - Entertainment
		The goal of the competition, fueled by famous tagger "Taki 183," was to display the artist's tag in as many places as possible, and as many times as possible.
		Taki 183 was able to do so in seemingly impossible places and countless times.
		Thanks to this celebrity, the popularity of this form of art was increasing and demanded a higher standard of creativity.
	www.wilkesbeacon.com /news/2005/02/21/Entertainment/Graffiti.Is.Modern.Form.Of.Artisitic.Expression.For.Youth-869811.shtml (885 words)

	H2G2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The 'tag' is the writer's signature, and the most prevalent example of graffiti art.
		The tag that made graffiti famous was TAKI 183, the 'nom de graf' of a 17-year-old kid called Demetrius, who tagged as he rode around on the New York subway [Demetrius had come from Greece.
		Taki was his nickname, and he lived on 183rd Street in The Bronx.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A860519?s_id=5 (197 words)

	Ethnograffiti: Graffiti, Writers, and
		In the beginning, according to the lore of graffiti, there was Taki 183.
		"Taki" was short for Demetrius, and 183 was the street on which he lived.
		Look." BG 183 walked to the wall and spelled it out, illustrating as if he were in front of a flboard.
	www.columbia.edu /~gs228/writing/ethnograffiti.htm (8381 words)

	TAKI 183 @ 149st (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He was employed as a foot messenger, so he was on the subway frequently and took advantage of it.
		TAKI was by no means the first writer or even the first king.
		Being the first writer recognized outside the sub-culture ensured TAKI a prominent place in graffiti history.
	www.at149st.com /taki.html (212 words)

	History.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		1971 Taki 183 His tag a combination of his nickname and street number.
		As the subculture grew more artists were coming out and graffiti quickly became competitive, the goal being to tag wherever and as much as possible.
		Although Taki 183 Is one of the most influential writers in graffiti history Other artists were becoming more known and started experimenting with color and style.
	www.horizons.k12.mi.us /~ash/History.html (546 words)

	Graffiti Culture - A scholarly essay - Bboy.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		9) The individual who is most often credited with catalyzing the graffiti movement is Taki 183, a teen who derived his name from a Greek diminutive of “Demetrius” (his real name) and 183rd Street (his area of residence).
		While previous graffitists, now commonly referred to within the culture as “writers”, tended to write their real name, Taki pioneered the practice of assigning oneself a nickname.
		Taki 183 began writing his name in fl Magic Marker around his neighborhood during the summer of 1969As the media took note of the new phenomenon, hordes of new graffiti writers joined the fray.
	www.bboy.org /t62351/s.html (3353 words)

	Articles - The history of Graffiti-Writing
		It was the time when some young people start to rival with the others through the writing own signatures.
		Probably the biggest collection of signatures had got guy named TAKI 183, who gave a interview to The New York Times newspaper in 1971.The real name of TAKI 183 was Demetrius.
		Probably that was one of the most important facts, because after publishing an interview with TAKI 183, hundreds of kids start to write their names everywhere.
	www.hiphop-network.com /articles/graffitiarticles/historyofgraff-arpone.asp (1667 words)

	Graffiti: Art And Crime
		Even though what Julio 204 and Taki 183 did in New York eventually developed into what was called by some "New York Style" graffiti, these New York writers only popularized it.
		Within a year of the article, "Taki 183 Spawns Pen Pals," hundreds of new writers emerged and took New York City by storm.
		There is also the individual "tag" which is a fancy way of writing ones name or nickname (nicknames often include the street number that a writer lived at, such as Taki 183, on 183rd Street in Washington Heights).
	www-atdp.berkeley.edu /Studentpages/cflores/historygraffiti.html (4631 words)

	Short History of Graffiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the early 70's the writer TAKI 183 took it to another level by covering much of New York City with his tag.
		The New York Times did an article on Taki which exposed tagging to the public.
		Taki was not the first writer, but is legendary for bringing so much attention to it.
	www.d.umn.edu /~schi0456/5230/glocal/history.html (241 words)

	Graffiti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The modern graffiti movement that has it's roots in hip-hop culture (or vice versa) began in the 1960s.
		Kids, like TAKI 183 (sometimes credited with being the first writer), scrawling an alias and their street (183rd St).
		Territorial tagging caught on, TRACY 168 and many other names appeared on new york's walls and alleyways.
	grove.ufl.edu /~hhc/graffiti.htm (315 words)

	Graffiti History part 1 (Draft) @149st
		TAKI was the nickname for his given name Demetrius and 183 was the number of the street where he lived.
		FUZZ ONE was a major presence on all 7 IRT lines.
		On certain subway lines graffiti removal significantly decreased because the cars servicing those lines were headed for the scrap yards.
	www.at149st.com /hpart1.html (2272 words)

	Tagging (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Demetrius' nickname was "Taki" and he lived on 183rd Street.
		While making his deliveries he would write "Taki 183" on street corners.
		A New York Times article appeared in 1971 chronicling his activities, and the movie "Turk 182" was based on his writings.
	www.police.edmonton.ab.ca /Pages/gangs/tagging.htm (380 words)

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