Downtown Richmond was still closed off to traffic in the mid 90s and was a bit barren. There were still interesting specialty stores open, but I remember empty store fronts, also. This allowed for some graffiti to be present. There were marker tags on shop windows and doors, not a lot, but some, and a decent amount of graffiti in the alleyways. One name that stood out was “HIP 2”, who had a few tags and an outline, all done in royal blue with what looked like a NY thin cap, and all in the same general area downtown. They are long gone except one tag on a brick wall. If you look closely enough today you can still see it.

Hip 2, Mid 90s, Photo, 2012 
Hip 2, Mid 90s, Photo 2000s 
Hip 2, Mid 90s, Photo, 2012

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