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Above: detail 1, "Le crew hollandais légendaire¹" GVB's double-headed top-to-bottom-whole-car at Haarlem refurbishment and overhaul-depot, yesterday.

Above: detail 2 from the GVB train at Haarlem refurbishment and overhaul-depot

Above: detail 3 from the GVB train at Haarlem refurbishment and overhaul-depot

"A top-to-bottom whole car covers the entire side of the car, windows and all. Some writers will only do top-do-bottom whole cars, disdaining anything less complete. Others, particularly during periods when the Transit Authority is vigilant, feel that to cover the windows is a waste of time, since these are the first part of the car to be cleaned, and usually with solvent who drips down, streaking the piece below. Window-downs last longer, but the top-to-bottom whole car is the graffiti writer's finest achievement. It is here that he displays his virtuosity […]. The initials […] which accompany the writer's names, stand for their crews. [A crews is: ] a unit of dudes who work together to achieve a goal: to get up and to go all city […] Crews are made up of trusted friends, […] a bunch of brothers that are down by street law with each other. […] There is a strong sense of community within a crew and members will expel those writers who are only out for themselves. […]"

Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant in 'Subway Art', page 74 and 50, first published in Great Brittain by Thames and Hudson Ltd, Londen, 1984

Above: detail 4 from the GVB train at Haarlem refurbishment and overhaul-depot

Above: detail 5 from the GVB train at Haarlem refurbishment and overhaul-depot

¹ www.allcityblog.fr., 'Amsterdam: God Vicious Babies': http://www.allcityblog.fr/32115-amsterdam-god-vicious-babies/

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