Rooftop Legends Film

Photo by YungLegendz

This Film that my group and I are making Rooftop Legends, It documents the history of Graffiti and the making of the Graffiti on this Rooftop and how it all collides into one story about the controversial art form. It also describes the reasons the roof was turned into what it is today and how.

Rooftop Legends is located on the roof of the Seward Park Campus school. Rooftop Legends is one of the largest street art shows in New York City. Jesse Pais, is dean at New Design High School, which is one of 5 schools in the building. He is also the founder of Rooftop Legends. He started Rooftop Legends when he was asked to do a credit recovery program on the history of hip-hop. He originally planned on taking students to the Graffiti Hall of Fame in Harlem but it was going under construction as it only contained a minimum amount of tags and throw up’s. He decided that the roof of Seward Park  would be a good place for graffiti. He created Rooftop Legends. The roof contains over 60 pieces of graffiti, and every year it is updated with new graffiti. People are allowed to explore and view the art. When people enter the roof, all they can see and touch is pure art from corner to corner. We would like to welcome you to, Rooftop Legends.