Zoo York 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.