Cocaine Penit Burner
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Material Information

Title:
Cocaine Penit Burner
Alternate Title:
Cocaine Fountainbleu Penit
Creator:
Mero
Micro
Meen & Reech
Publication Date:
Language:
English
Physical Description:
TIFF

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Graffiti
Street photography
Architecture
Genre:
Photograph
Coordinates:
25.80122 x -80.20065

Notes

Abstract:
Photograph of a graffiti piece or 'burner' that reads "COCAINE" in the Fountainbleu penit, 1986. Called "Penit's" by graffiti writers in Miami, they are abandoned buildings where writers went to paint more indepth pieces, coined as "burners". This is an abandoned, unfinished building in the Fountainbleu area of Miami believed to have been constructed to be a penitentiary; hence the name 'penit'. ( en )
Funding:
This content is part of a Mellon Foundation-funded project coordinated by the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab (WPHL) at FIU and eight community partner institutions titled “Community Data Curation: Preserving, Creating, and Narrating Everyday Stories.”
Creation/Production Credits:
Vincent Nastasi digitized this item and prepared the accompanying metadata.

Record Information

Source Institution:
Museum of Graffiti
Holding Location:
Museum of Graffiti
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
Penit-Cocaine-Mero-1986.jpg

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Museum of Graffiti