Friday, August 3rd 2007

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colavitos ghost: jack: you say this beach is "too dirty and too trashy"... do you believe you want change? if so, go clean up this beach! in related news, all cleveland area readers: this sunday i'm organizing a beach sweep at the old perkins beach (to the west of edgewater). anyone who believes...

in response to Barren Island

Peter: seconded, luis. id love to see your photos and/or hear your stories... i live on willoughby near the park, and love hearing stories about the neighborhood...

in response to Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out

EvilGentleman: I kinda figured you might have that in your archives, what with it being surrounded by Concordia buildings and all... hehe, you can still see the gum residue in my pic...

in response to Mr. Popularity

CE: Haha, I took the same picture a few weeks ago. The stencil had a piece of gum on it though.

in response to Mr. Popularity

BelRoC: Did you know that I really love train?

in response to Bel Graffiti

upfromflames: Luis: Please do share. I am so glad that Up From Flames could mean so much to you. But in a way, aren't you happy that your kids don't have to know what you went through??? Either way this is a great chance to let them and the rest...

in response to Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out

BelRoC: Few more boxcars for ya!!!!! And a quick two color on a wall.............

in response to Bel Graffiti

BelRoC: ^^The last three are from the mid 1990's..........

in response to Bel Graffiti

Luis Acevedo: During the last couple of days I stumbled upon the website for upinflames. I couldn't believe my eyes. I am 28 and have lived in bushwick my entire life. I grew up on Wilson Ave and Covert Street and Now live on Palmetto Between Knickerbocker and Irving. I have to...

in response to Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out

BelRoC: I never knew about this. Sounds like my kind of place. Thanx!!

in response to Barren Island

Marcia Halperin: I have been researching the Dubrow's cafeteria that was on Eastern Parkway off Utica Avenue. Does anyone have memories of eating there?

in response to Eastern Parkway Memories

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage history. In the late 1850s, the first of many factories opened on this previously uninhabited...

in response to Barren Island

Roy Bamber: Does anybody remember the day that the Manchester Ship Canal burst into flames trapping a rowing boat that was ferrying passengers across the canal? One on the passengers who was badly burned but survived lived on the estate near Silver Street, Irlam and his name was Stephen. I can...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

Cay: "Alarmist" is your term, not mine. I prefer "personal experience."

in response to My House in Bushwick

kayak girl: Barren Island is the coolest. At the height of the rendering plants' days they had their own schools, hospitals, etc. It was a real community and had a majority of African American citizens. Some of the other islands in Jamaica Bay were also habitated. Ruffle Bar,...

in response to Barren Island

jack: true, but thats the way life is, city planners don't necessarily have to be smart people thinking about the masses of people in the future years, they just do enough because other people demand that they do just so much, and the buck is passed and not enough is done,...

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

kricket: i always got the impression utah and cause were a couple because their tags always appeared alongside one another, but i haven't seen as many of those lately and i see more and more utah+ochre, so maybe she ditched cause for ochre, who knows. and while this is probably not...

in response to Co-branding Strategy

jeeff: my girlfriend and i stayed there on january 1st and we had the place almost to ourselves. nothing like watching a 20 foot projection tv alone in a rooftop jacuzzi...

in response to The Grand Hotel

jeeff: it's only right to link to hool's infamous motorist vs courier.

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

CartLegger: But the point is, before the driver of the bicyclist has made their fateful and unfortunate decision, thousands of other decisions have already been made for both parties: by auto makers, city planners, politicians, road crews. We are hemmed in to the decisions chains of others.

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

Pat: I have a Buddy Bike for sale. I added all sorts of toys to it...saddle bags on either side of the rear wheel; another longer bag on the top of the rear wheel for my dachsund dog; speedometer; jel seats; halogen headlights; AM/FM radio; air horn;and best of all....A SACHS...

in response to Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle:

upfromflames: Cay: After your earlier alarmist pieces, I think you are getting closer the the real dangers lurking for Bushwick and NYC.

in response to My House in Bushwick

Cay: Realtors are the new gangsters. Selling dreams that go up in a puff of gunsmoke. Watch out.

in response to My House in Bushwick

CartLegger: great idea Jack! A CityNoise T-shirt. I love it.

in response to Barren Island

Madelyn: Wow! What an experience it has been reading all these posts about the neighborhood I grew up in! I also went to Enrico Fermi, remember Mr. Lily and played violin in the orchestra. I graduated Bushwick HS and attended Brooklyn College. I have lived on Long Island for the...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

jack: the first one is an eye catcher, they're all good, bleak, stormy, desolate, waiting for summer and flowers.

in response to Kensington

jack: hey i'll buy a tee shirt to support citynoise.

in response to Barren Island

jack: good pic's cart. nice to see that area again. thanks, perhaps we will run into each other taking pictures and we will know by our cameras or the big letters on my tee shirt that say's, "smile, your on citinoise".

in response to Barren Island

jack: too dirty and trashy, i was there many years ago when it was an ok place to run around, floyd bennett had air shows that were spectacular, the beaches were clean, breezy point was nice and clean and the water was not yet pollutted, time changes everything, people have to...

in response to Barren Island

little ukraine: first of all thanks so much for sharing these photos. it feels a little more honest viewing these through the lens of our citynoise community than getting information elsewhere. it goes without saying that we all are keeping the great twin cities in our thoughts. i had...

in response to Bridge Collapse 1

jack: bikes and cars, not a good combination in a world of speed and exhibition, an accident happens and who is to blame, a driver going too fast, a bicylist not being too careful, and then an accident and the poor hurt person is down and its saddening to see people...

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

jack: hello elaine, nice to read you again, send me some photos of your last expo.

in response to Sit and Reflect

karlo: P.S The first one is at the corner of Beechmount ave,and the Falls road in west Belfast. If you look closely,you'll see that the name of the street is 'R.P.G avenue'. ( For those who don't know,R.P.G stands for Rocket Propelled Grenade. The R.P.G is a handheld weapon that basically does what it...

in response to Graffiti in Belfast

Tyfoid Kid: The finger pointing is already starting too. Governor Pawlenty (T-Paw) is up for election next year and he's been doing this no new taxes thing since 2000. Cause he's GOP he took a pledge from the Minnesota Tax Payers League (i.e the rich and stupid) for no new taxes...

in response to Bridge Collapse 1

Cinic: Also, for the record, I realise this isnt a bike-auto wreck.

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

Cinic: oh-oh! credits: http://untitledname.com/2006/08/flying-over-the-handlebars

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

Tyfoid Kid: Almost all american cities are built for cars first, second and third with people fourth and bicycles, who knows.

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

karlo: By the way,What you see here are murals,not grafitti. As some-one already pointed out,grafitti is usually carried out by just about anyone with a spray can or bucket of paint with the sole intention of splashing their name across any given space,whereas these paintings hold a central place in the intricate...

in response to Graffiti in Belfast

Cinic: Great pics Benji. Are these photos recent? Is this the extent of your winters, because if it is, I'll go by a ticket for melbourne tomorrow.

in response to Kensington

Cinic: Chicago! That is one city I want to see. Looks beautiful. I think if I could speak Dutch, Amsterdam might be tied with Montreal.

in response to The Big-O

Mark Tildsley: O.M.G. People real people and real lives. I was brought up here in Irlam from the overspill in 1970/71. I spent over 4years in NZ been back now 2years. I miss NZ so much but we all know where our roots lie. Its great to see Irlam from angle that...

in response to Irlam, Manchester

CartLegger: Also, the title is taken from this book "The Cars that Ate Bangkok", which first turned my stomach 10 years ago when I was living in Bangkok, and dodging traffic everyday. It was a grim oversize picture book by Philip Blenkinsop You can find it here: www.chulabook.com/cgi-bin/main/2 . . . asp?barcode=9789748496641

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

CartLegger: Looks to me like a faulty traffic policy, like a city built for the benefit of cars, not people. This accident--which happened at the corner of Knickerbocker Ave. and grove St. in Bushwick, Brooklyn-- involved a car and a bike, but I have more images than answers. The car was...

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

EvilGentleman: The crosswalk countdowns look like the ones I have seen in the Lasalle borough of Montreal for the last 20 years. They're everywhere around here nowadays, but not downtown for some stupid reason. They really need to do something about that. And the CN Tower looks way cooler lit up. I...

in response to Co-branding Strategy

jeeff: btw: shot number one happens to showcase two new toronto upgrades.. 1) coloured cn tower. i don't know how long red-and-white will continue--they can do all sorts of crazy patterns. i find my shots lately really underscore the ubiquity of the tower. i notice it a lot more...

in response to Co-branding Strategy

jeeff: looks like a faulty bicycle

in response to The Cars That Ate NYC

steve : I have this bike in a "Beach Cruiser" style. Anyone interested in purchasing, let me know. elitecomm1@sbcglobal.net

in response to Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle:

jgirl: I went to Igor's tonight in secret search of my recently stolen vintage bike. Sure he's shifty and what his does is evil and soulless- ---perhaps I'm just too good at lying/pretending/manipulating but I played to his nature and had him showing me all the bikes in his 'shop' and...

in response to A Picture of My Bike

BelRoC: Great pictures!! Loved all that graff on the boxcars.....

in response to Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By)

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