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The Freedom Tunnel is a railroad tunnel carrying the West Side Line under Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York City. Used by Amtrak trains to and from Pennsylvania Station , it got its name because the graffiti artist Chris "Freedom" Pape used the tunnel walls to create some of his most notable artwork.
Chris Pape, known by his tag Freedom, is an American painter and graffiti artist. He started tagging subway tunnels and subway cars in 1974 as "Gen II" before adopting the tag "Freedom". [ 1 ] Pape is best known for his numerous paintings in the eponymous Freedom Tunnel , an Amtrak tunnel running underneath Manhattan's Riverside Park .
Meanwhile, in New York in 1995, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani set up the Anti-Graffiti Task Force, [14] a multi-agency initiative to combat graffiti in New York City. This began a crackdown on "quality-of-life crimes" throughout the city, and one of the largest anti-graffiti campaigns in U.S. history.
An off-the-rails trip to Albany last week by city Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez put at risk the city’s push to run red light and speed cameras around the clock, according to DOT ...
"Above Ground" the new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, showcases graffiti, that was once confined to the streets, now globally recognized. From the streets to art galleries: New NYC ...
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New York City is home to many bridges and tunnels. Several agencies manage this network of crossings. The New York City Department of Transportation owns and operates almost 800. [1] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Department of Transportation and Amtrak have many others.