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Our subjectivities are intimately linked with the manner in which we negotiate space. Modern Urban planning heralded a numerous changes in this respect, where the manner in which people expressed themselves, the manner in which people associated with others, and ultimately the manner in which people lived was reconfigured in radical ways. The implications of these changes were often far from positive. Yet if they evinced an authoritarian impulse, they also gave way to new modes of resistance. Modern Graffiti, which kicked off in the late 1960s, became an art form synonymous with New York City. Graffiti developed within a context indelibly shaped by the mind and genius of Robert Moses. After Le Corbusier, Moses stands as one the towering figures of 20th century Urban planning. This website seeks to chart the emergence of Graffiti in New York City, and its gradual progression to the Art Gallery. If Graffiti is a response to the conditions of urban life in modernity, Robert Moses created the incubator for this nascent art form.