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Keith Haring painted this anti-crack mural in 1986 on an abandoned handball court beside Harlem River Drive in East Harlem. After he was arrested for painting it without permission, public support helped turn the work from an act of guerrilla intervention into a protected city landmark, and Haring repainted the wall later that same year. (en.wikipedia.org) Visually, it is pure Haring: bold black contours, cartoon-like human and monster figures, and a hot orange field wrapped around the blunt slogan. The style fuses graffiti immediacy with pop-art clarity, making the message legible at speed to motorists, walkers, and neighborhood residents alike. Major restoration campaigns, including a 2019 campaign backed by the Keith Haring Foundation, have kept the mural vivid. (en.wikipedia.org)