Soul Artists of Zoo York

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The Soul Artists of Zoo York were one of New York City's first skate crews. [1] [2] [3]

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The Soul Artists of Zoo York were a loose-knit collective of skateboarders and graffiti artists. [1] [4]

The Soul Artists of Zoo York skated an abandoned bowl in Van Cortlandt Park called the "Deathbowl," which was the origin of the name for a documentary on the NY skate scene: Deathbowl to Downtown, narrated by Chloe Sevigny, released in 2008. [2] [5] The name was coined by Marc 'Ali' Edmonds, the president of the original Zoo York graffiti crew. [6]

The clothing company Zoo York, with the blessing of the original Zoo York crew, took the name from the Soul Artists of Zoo York crew. [7]

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