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Many subway cars in New York City have been spray-painted by vandals
It's unnatural to man
to go down among the dead
in the light of lost worlds. In the darkness
of lost words
the handwriting on the wall says
all things to all people. And thereby
all people are given to understand
who have gone down among the dead
in the cold light of indecipherable words,
messages.
to go down among the dead
in the light of lost worlds. In the darkness
of lost words
the handwriting on the wall says
all things to all people. And thereby
all people are given to understand
who have gone down among the dead
in the cold light of indecipherable words,
messages.
This "Broadway Local" subway car, like many others, has been decorated by vandals
Vandals have spray-painted this subway car
Subway car
Commuters on subway
Interior of graffiti-marked subway car
Times Square subway station and subway graffiti
Vandals have spray-painted messages on walls of this subway station (116th Street)
Trains like this one have been spray-painted by vandals
Subway trains like this one have been spray-painted by vandals
Man backs away from roar of subway train
A woman waits for a train at the 79th Street Station
125th Street elevated train platform
125th Street elevated train platform
Photos by Erik Calonius, May 1973, for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project (U.S. National Archives)