Thursday, April 20th 2006

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Biff: Wow, you are 3 weeks ahead of us in Toronto. It all happens so quickly Suddenly you are walking down the street on a carpet of petals. Like a big fat Greek wedding...

in response to View of Blossom

Biff: This is the Condo on my block where the privileged live. They have high fences and no children. Thats why the lawn is so green.But it's so peaceful...

in response to The Forsythia Are in Bloom Again

SEAmo! from louisville, KY 4-20-06: JA is definately a serious bomber, a true king. I still want to see more than just throwups though. Don't get me wrong, he gets mad respect from me, that boy gets up like crazy. I think he started out towards the end of the subway days.

in response to JA: A True NYC King

JAST n.y.: i havnt seen ja pieces but is is the all time king of throwups!reppresentin NY 4 life!

in response to JA: A True NYC King

Elicar:

in response to Photographs of Photographers

barry: Niceone Groovehouse ;)

in response to Bamboo Graffiti: Akaka Falls State Park

jack : me too who built it?

in response to More of the Gherkin Building

jeeff: oh yeah, you're right. i got mixed up. federally-appointed.

in response to Toronto Island Airport Bridge

jeeff: the major mechanism in rental increases isn't the capped yearly increase that landlords get with current tenants, it's the unlimited increase landlords get by kicking out their tenants en masse to redevelop a property. this directly affects both current and prospective low-income tenants.

in response to The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade

anon (142.108.46.47): Actually, the Toronto Port Authority is a federal government body. All ports in Canada, sea and air, are controlled by the federal government.

in response to Toronto Island Airport Bridge

drea: That's a great shot. I luv it when you get random street shots like that.

in response to Cops Watch Puker in Park

Elicar: On the second thought, the landlord could only raise rent by so much because of rent control. When I was renting, my yearly increase was 2.8%. So, one could argue that, there is a rent increase everywhere, whether a yuppie neighbourhood, or a Jane and Finch neighbourhood. The only...

in response to The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade

Elicar: Ahhh...Now, that puts things in perspective. When I saw people "lost their homes", I only thought of homeowners. Yup, I called my rental dwelling my home, not too long ago. My bad! Awww S__t! Am I getting snotty? :(

in response to The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade

groovehouse: Bamboo Graffiti - Hermann Park, Japanese Gardens, Houston, Tx.

in response to Bamboo Graffiti: Akaka Falls State Park

Editor:: 640 is a tad large, especially for graf... as in the photo you psoted above in the comments, so much of it is just wall... with the key graf in the middle. if you might crop them, or perhaps see if theres an option for a tad smaller resizing size,...

in response to Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti

Peter: nope, im not from new jersey. im from brooklyn, thankfully.

in response to A Walk Through Brick City

jeeff: elicar - the vast majority of poor people don't own their own homes outright, they're at the mercy of landlords. when an area starts to gentrify, it creates upward pressures on rents. landlords naturally want to realize maximum profits on their rental units, so rents begin to climb...

in response to The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade

Gee-Nice, a Tru-Jerseyian...: you were'nt walking uptown on Raymond Ave., you're on Raymond Boulevard, are you even from Jersey? Gotta get it right, if you're representin' !!!!

in response to A Walk Through Brick City

EvilGentleman: Sorry for mucking up your thread, Peter. Hmmm, maybe a citynoise Q&A thread is needed....

in response to Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti

EvilGentleman: Um, I was thinking 640 x 480, but no more than 10 pics to a thread. I'm using MS Picture Manager to resize, and it has an automatic setting for that size available. Is that acceptable?

in response to Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti

Editor:: If possible, making sure the photo-dimensions are around 500px (as an absolute maximum- for both width or height) is also a good way to facilitate photo-heavy posting without slowing the site too much :)

in response to Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti

EvilGentleman: Thanks. I will start posting immediately, once I am done resizing. As long as it is not a problem, I will try to put all the images from my last walk (in multiple threads) on today, as I have hundreds of other images backlogged from other graffiti walks I have...

in response to Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti

Elicar: Okay, what I can't understand is, how the rich make the regular folks lose their homes. Call me dense, but if they bought it awhile back, their mortgage will stay the same, or even paid off now. Granted, property taxes have increased, but still, if the love of the home...

in response to The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade

Editor:: I'd say, post a few photos in each entry (6-10 if you like) and spread the entries out over a few weeks, perhaps giving them similar titles, so as to form a series (see the graf trux entries here: www.citynoise.org/search/graf_trux) this will keep the bandiwdth concerns to a minimum (not too...

in response to Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti

EvilGentleman: Editors, a question, if you please - I want to post a thread, or set of threads with the graf pics I took in the last week, but even after editing, I still have well over 100 pics. You guys know better than I the limitations of the website in...

in response to Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti

EvilGentleman: Well, that should clear away all the dead undergrowth. I bet you that area will be the greenest area around by late summer.

in response to Fire on the Toronto Lakefront Bike Path

EvilGentleman: From what I have seen so far, I think I prefer taking pictures of the elderly as opposed to the young and beautiful. The texture of elderly faces is so much more detailed and real, and they are so much less likely to react adversely. On the other hand, taking...

in response to April 19 2006 Montreal

Get out of your car, buddy: Can we all have a big hug? I don't understand the rich people thing? Why do people always blame rich people? Blaming those rich guys is a passive response that most people say when they can't be bothered to get off thier couch and march. My neighbours cut...

in response to The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade

EvilGentleman: Yeah, this shot was taken on the west side of Cabot Square by the corner of Sainte-Catherine and Atwater. The old Montreal Forum would be off to the left in this shot. I think the city has decided to make the white xmas lights semi-permanent, as it greatly enhances the...

in response to Cops Watch Puker in Park

elaine: that chain fence is so jolly!

in response to Alley Art Gallery

me:): I live here too in the Beach and watching people lose their dreams thier homes that they broke thier backs for because of the rich people destroying the area is heartbreaking and and WE have many MEMORABLE easter parades from down here that were MAGIC for every...

in response to The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade

Elicar: At least the windows are clean!

in response to Brutalism

Peter: also: www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/facilit/i . . . profiles/kingston_e.shtml

in response to Kingston Penitentiary

why be a victim?: At the risk of offending... Why does this behavior upset people (male or female) much less traumatize them? It seems to me that these people want to upset and/or traumatize. I guess they feel powerful that way. I think people should laugh at these sad-sacks. Open ridicule seems like a...

in response to Beware: Perv Alert!

Peter: nice score, jeeff! glad you have a working camera now :) the sun looks so golden and bright in these shots... thank goodness spring is finally here!

in response to Alley Art Gallery

elaine: some deserts have life and therefore plant infrastructure of their own - like cactii and stuff, but others that have been caused by deforestation are dead. in scotland there was a great deal of deforestation after the residents were killed or shipped off, to facilitate the hunting park that it...

in response to Looking Down Danger Nose

Peter: heh... she noticed you just as you snapped the photo... you caught her glance in that fraction of a second between first spotting you and then reacting. nice. i like the one of the guy holding his hand up to his face, too.

in response to April 19 2006 Montreal

Peter: the one of the smiling cop is classic!

in response to A \'Wonderful\' World...

Peter: wow, awesome! good thing for you you were just passing by ;) an interesting read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Penitentiary

in response to Kingston Penitentiary

Peter: heh. funny. also, a great shot. nice score! also: i think its interesting how many places still have their christmas lights up... even as april draws to a close...

in response to Cops Watch Puker in Park

Peter: you know spring is popping when you see the forsythia start to bloom!

in response to The Forsythia Are in Bloom Again

Peter: wow, i didnt know it was a "style" either. that second shot is great. it looks like "anytown, usa". i like the first one, too, of course ;)

in response to Brutalism

elaine: i like the curve of that holiday inn

in response to Brutalism

Elicar: Thank you! Life is good!

in response to A \'Wonderful\' World...

Michelle: Very pretty!

in response to The Forsythia Are in Bloom Again

kc: sure doesn't feel like a desert in the photos...not that probably even deserts do....but anyway, they're beautiful...

in response to Looking Down Danger Nose

Addison: We have one of these hanging on the wall on the patio of our porch. My partner's dad was a beat cop here in Tampa and it's the one that was on his beat.

in response to Police Telegraph

jack: some kinda mustang, the red one and the white one. she gave you some look. and pic #8 i can see the man saying,"but how many times have i told them that they got to do it this way" and the first pic is a great study...

in response to April 19 2006 Montreal

jack: give up all hope yee prisoners who enter here.

in response to Kingston Penitentiary

jack: great pics. you got some good poses. they are beautiful people.

in response to A \'Wonderful\' World...

drea: awwww...i like smiles...

in response to A \'Wonderful\' World...

Concerned HP'er!: Is it necessary to blast the bass thumping radio at 6:00 AM? Is it necessary to hang out on corners and deal drugs? Is it necessary to live in public/low income housing and still deal drugs? Is it necessary to have your head on a swivel looking...

in response to Humboldt Park

bk7rank: why do people in williamsburg think it's cool to do the same? they even toss up fake cardboard shoes... it can't be anything but neighborhood reappropriation.

in response to Shoes

barry: Jeeff you got soom great photos. Love the third last one an Yeah go barry,Niceone.

in response to Alley Art Gallery

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