It began in the early ‘70s in the undisputed centre of the universe, New York City. Championed by a tight-knit crew of progressive minds who lived and breathed NYC’s raw creative energy, a unique social movement began to take root that was strongly influenced by New York’s unforgiving streets and colourful weave of global flavours. The soul artists of Zoo York sprang to life from Manhattan’s Riverside Park and built a thriving scene with aerosol, skateboards, block rockin’ beats and originality at its core that quickly took on a life of its own and became an unstoppable global force. By the dawn of the ‘80s, the term Zoo York had come to firmly symbolize NYC’s underground sect of artists, b-boys, skateboarders, punks, and their various creative off-shoots. The Zoo York revolution was in full effect as graf writers bombed trains, DJ’s mastered the wheels of steel and skateboarders staked their claim to now legendary spots like Astor, Washington Square and the Brooklyn Banks.