NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND: ARTISTIC RISK AND POTENTIAL IN THE NEW YORK SUBWAY
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New York City lives by public transit and for thirty years its underground commutes have been illuminated with spontaneous, round-the-clock, freelance artistic performance. That public right to perform, granted by a forward-looking court decision in 1985, has thrilled New Yorkers and defined the subway for visitors. Despite this, the legal status of performance has remained unclear to many city residents, engendering official harassment of many performers. Sadly the astounding success of New York City's tolerant performance regulations has garnered little concern or attention among transit authorities and urban planners to date.
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