#new york graffiti

ESPO (Stephen Powers) was the king of New York City for awhile, he had a really funny process for getting these big metal roll up door walls around the city.

He would start painting the roll up door a blank white or grey color, appearing to be actually cleaning the door of graffiti (like small tags and throw ups).

If anyone tried to stop him, he would tell them he was with ESPO which stood for ‘Exterior Surface Painting Outreach.’ Since the name sounded official, ESPO tended to get away with painting over walls and was able to get up all over NYC.

In addition he would paint his pieces in advertisement style at times so they would really look like they belonged on the wall.

Today, he’s a dedicated mural and sign painter around the USA and the world, but he’ll always remain a graffiti inspiration for us.