Friday, May 4th 2012

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Billy Crew: KP surfer, Govan Rd /Mair St.Yet another fantastic photo !!! How could they have allowed that building to be demolished ??

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c Alexis: EDC, It depends what kind of music he was playing and he may at his age lost his memory a little bit. Anyone that know soul music, R&B, knows about the Rockhead's Paradise. A lot of good shows there in the 60's 70's.....

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KP Surfer: Govan Rd/Mair St

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Ernie K.: Hi All, I was stationed at PAFB, 380 GHS Sq. from 1969-72. Work in In-and-out processing and project transition. Do remember Brodis, Brothers 5, Beas, Lee's Fox Hill Tavern (played on their pool team), Swinging Turtle (you bet your sweet ass!) and the Royal Savage Inn. Anyone...

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dada: ja can do what ever...get busted do drugs act in films....his dad is a crazy famous director. he is a rich kid who never had to work for a dime and always had allot of time to go out and write on other peoples shit. over rated dick if you...

in response to JA: A True NYC King

Robert Elliott: To Stevie Black: Hi Stevie . I remember you well . When I met up with Davy McEwen we had very fond memories of Gus' cafe . It was small but we certainly crammed a lot of people into it . I will pass on your regards to John Allan when...

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Bb2ru: outstanding memories from Bushwick!!!!!! row apts. the old toilets with the box above and chain and tubs in the kitchen. the echie balls from the tree's, red light green light one two three, johnny on the pony. stick ball, sewer to sewer. milk man delivering the milk bottles, leaving the...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

Rick: My old train station, between Sutter and rRockaway Aves..

in response to Even the Trains Are Crooked in Brownsville

Rick: Yo, I moved long ago but return often. you out of towners, beware !!!!!!!!!!! The place is constantly changing. Only a fool would want to live in East Brooklyn. White and moving near Bed-Sty, bushwick, good luck. All I'll say is you're really pushing your luck.

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Rick: That's my old turf !!!

in response to Urban Eccentricities: The Bird Man of Lenox Rd.

Rick: That stretch of the Belt Pkwy. has seen lots of dead folks there also/

in response to A Sign of Past Times?

Rick: Great to see something positive in my old turf. I used to walk from Tapscott and Dumont to Pitkin and Stone Aves. No problem for a nine year old in 1960, even at night, but things changed very rapidly shortly after.

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Rick: I used to live near there, in Brownsville. Pretty scary area by the late 60's. I went that way going from East New York back to East Flatbush, by train and bus.

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Charles: William Mendez Thank you for the info about the bar on Bushwick and Schaefer that had the piano man awning. I was born in October 1951, lived at 428 Evergreen Ave (by Grove St) until April 1959. We would walk along Bushwick to Highland Park sometimes and I recall the piano...

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Peggy@peggyherrongardens.com: I am trying to find the arial view mentioned from 1924. The URL given only shows a current schematic. I am interested in a map of the the island pre Moses.

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