It began in the early '70s in the undisputed center of the universe, New York City. 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.