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The Impossible: How the MTA Removed Graffiti on New York City Subways

Gunn achieved the impossible. He got rid of graffiti on New York City subways. There is even an official date, May 12th, 1989. It's funny now to ride the subway and imagine that there ever was so much graffiti. Gunn: No graffiti-covered subway has ever pulled up to my stop.

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