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Red Flag alert: I'm a tenant in a building that had windows installed by Park Slope Windows & Glass (hereto to be referred to as "PSWG"). Overall impression: very negative. Red Flag #1: My landlord had to repeatedly call......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Mark Brown: That is so wild that I saw this I was looking at this page & I saw Blue knight lounge & it caught my eye I lived right up the street from it actually I......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

Sanford : To Esther In an idle moment I googled PS 167 to find out some details to compare with childhood memories and saw your comments. I was one year behind you at PS 167. My memories of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: And here's the final weekly update, taken the morning of October 30th. This will likely be the last picture of the building standing (incidentally, ignore what I said about the windows yesterday, I was......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rudy: Just to let everyone know, the Washburn Tunnel will be opening up tomorrow, October 25, at 5:30 AM!! YAY! So now you don't have to take the long way around. I'm glad to see it......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Mitch Spector: Here's another weekly photo update, taken on the very cold morning of October 22th. The building is starting to look less recognizable as they continue to de-construct it. My guess is the next photos I'll......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: An article from the {Montreal Gazette} last Saturday, October 11: [[http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=f29d7a30-f182-4300-b85e-a8737693c7a8]] A passage from the article answers many questions posed in here: "In about two weeks we'll send in mechanical shovels with shears to tear down the building."......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: I took updated photos exactly one week later, on Sunday, October 12th. As they continue to strip away pieces of the building, it's interesting to see what sat hidden underneath the wrap-around sign all those......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Doc S.......: Yo, Jack - I NEVER had a Charlotte Russe, but I had plenty of "egg - creams". Remember them??? And what were those now seemingly awful concoctions made of? Do you remember? ......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Went by this morning (October 1st) and saw the workcrew extending the construction barrier to encircle the entire building. Basically at this point all that's left is the building's outter shell and the Bens wrap-around/vertical......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

David Welch: I was stationed at Plattsbugh AFB from Jul 83 to Oct 86. To bad it had to close, it was a nice assignment....

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

TEFCON: I was arrested in October 24th 2006 for writing on the Westside of midtown manhattan. I got out on HALLOWEEN . That's a week's worth of Halal sandwiches. Fucking ridiculous....

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

EvilGentleman: A year has gone by, and this article has fallen to 25th place out of the 26 articles listed in the "Best of August 2007" page. I find it amazing how the best articles here......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 1 by Tyfoid Kid

Karl daniels: Norma Bannon = sorry for the long and slow reply, Lesley daniels is my mum and she used to work there, its a doctors now and the play school is at the bottom of ferryhill road. Lynne......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Hutchinson Escapee: That's it? That's all you got? Knowing Hutchinson to be the seething cesspool of child rapists and pedifiles that it is, I am going to suggest in the strongest language possible that the Dateline NBC people......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Debbie from Irlam: Hi all, Its great to discover this site and hear all the conversations going on. I still live in Irlam and have done so since 1964, I was born in 1962 in Ordsal, Salford. I went......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Vaudrey: hello James, I read about it in "Life Times Link" a free booklet in the Library, it just says that it is being planned for October this year, here is a link to the article......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello to all the musicians, I came across this in leaflet from the Eccles Library about a Music exhibition that is being held at Salford Museum and Art Gallery, on the Crescent at Salford:-......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Steve Weir: Here's a few more topics for you to get your teeth into...Irlam Social Club (Home of Doctor Death the wrestler that could wip us teenagers into a frenzy with his dastardly deeds). Potatoe picking (form of......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Gaynor Miller: I've just come back to this site after a year away and what a great load of memories. I used to live on Prospect Road just down from Lennie's. You all talk about the doctors......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Eric Teal: Hi Cyril I new who you were as soon as I saw your name I used to work for Stan Painter who had a greengrocers on 20 row I was only about 8 or 9......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Joanne amorello-minor: Hi Guys... sorry i've not been on for a while..had my reasons!well with many thanks for their help which without I would still be lost to Alan Taylor and Marissa we pieced up a lot of......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

sharon, swansea: hi could i explain why i`m posting this please, I LOST MY 19 YR OLD SON KARL,( AKA KARLO...) TO METHADONE MISUSE, IN OCT 2007, AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF A LIFE, HE WAS......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Michael Yacques: Most people in florida who think they were bitten by a brown recluse spider Or Black Widow because of decaying flesh on a wound they have, are wronge. MRSA staff infections are rampant in florida.Ask......

in response to: Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles by johnny E

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Rob..... think I'm forming a reputation here... and I told you in confidence!! hahaha. James - I remember my younger brothers (Stuart & John), talking about Tarzan Bridge. They are the same age......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

James cashan: Found this site through my friend gary sparkes, thrilled to see people had foresight to capture Irlam and Cadisheads social history in passing lest be forgotten forever especially photos by rob tynan, yes i......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne, Our family had great respect for Dr W A Walker, we only lived just across Liverpool road from his surgery, and on many occasions whether it was scarlet fever, measles, births of my sisters,......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Cyril Am I too late to straighten out the Dr Walker saga I was reading back postings .....We lived in Moorfield Close and our doctor at the corner of Liverpool Road and Moorfield Road was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

bubba: What I dont understand is....if so many people dont like the HA, why do you "know" so much about them. I cant count how many times I have just read that they are dope......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Norma My Dad doesn't recall your family, I think he used to live at number 58 Victory Road. Perhaps your mother knew my grandmother. I'm glad I am not the only one having......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Anne, I was born early 60's and lived at no. 44 Victory Road, Cadishead, (My Mum still lives there). When did your Dad live there? Dr Walker was our family doctor after Dr......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

ArchDoctor: I'm APPAULED that Mississauga wasnt an immediate top 10 candidate, have you guys been here recently?? the absolute world is gonna boast the tallest condominiums outside of Toronto, there are 35+ story monsters reserecting......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Cyril Dr Walker was my Dad's doctor I recognise the name. I went to Irlam County Primary School one of my teachers was Miss Cotton who lived on Liverpool Road I think. What......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne, The doctors that I have known in Irlam....well our family doctor was a Dr. Walker who had the big house and surgery on the corner of Moorfield rd and Liverpool rd Then there was a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, Cyril The doctors surgery is still there. It was originally built as a single storey building, because of the previous subsidence problems. The structure remained in one piece, so they added another......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril et al, The middle semi's where cleared and left vacant for a few years then I believe a clinic or doctors surgery was built in their place, don't know if this still stands......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Tex: Here's a sad example In the Hutch news, was this story, "Owner of Wiley building leaves tenants in the cold" "The coffee group can joke about it - but the tenants of the Wiley building aren't......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

j.smith: Shiny unhappy people All is not well in the world of pearly royalty. Beneath the peacock feathers and rhinestone finery is stirring a nasty battle for the soul of the kingdom. In Guildford county court this......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Alan: On the long summer evening we used to play being doctors and nurses and you had a plastic stethoscope that you poked in the most surprising places....

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Joanne Amorello-minor: I have this childhood memory.i must of been really young..but my dad used to take me to what seemed to be a nursery or playgroup next to or near the doctors surgery on liverpool road......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Ed Swenson: I was born in Bushwick Hospital in 1937. My parents moved a few years later to Ozone Park and when I was 5 they moved us to New Hyde Park, but whenever we needed......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Rob Tynan: Does anyone remember the concrete octagonal paddling pool in the park at Lords Street Cadishead, and the concrete tunnel. It was always full of glass, I was never allowed near it as a......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Longfield lodge is still here. It was empty for a while after the clinic closed. It then became a private house. About 7 or eight years ago a doctors surgery and a dental......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Fuzzball: re: phil (yank) 30 oct 2007. bow to our queen you stupid cock. if you want a United Ireland then try and take our bit off us you two faced bitch. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN...

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, Do you know any info on Isa Taylor (nee Tynan) who lived at No 3 Ferry Road. She died in Oct 1952 but her husband Will Taylor lived on until the early 60's......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

RD: Does anyone here remember Bobby Fischer? He lived at 560 Lincoln Pl (corner of Franklin) during the 50's when he was becoming a chess prodigy. I saw him a lot because my Brooklyn Eagle route......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Diana Manchur-Henke: Rick, Michael lives upstate now near Albany. I'll let him know you asked for him. My father passed away 2004. My mom lives in Queens and is doing well. I'm glad the neighborhood is......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys. Yes it was the building that was next to the doctors surgery, on the corner of Fairhills road and liverpool rd. I remember there was a Lidl supermarket there last time I......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: The old co-op building was next door to the doctors surgery and was painted white. (just remembered that!)...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Michael worsley: Back On October 4,1969 The Myrtle Avenue Subway Stations Were Closed Down The Demolishing From Downtown Jay Street Up To Broadway Upper Level Station The Myrtle Avenue El Was Cut From Jay Street Up To......

in response to: A Snow Falls in Brooklyn by Peter

Elicar: In a morbid way, it's nice to hear EvilG rant again, if ya know what I mean! EvilG, In Ontario, we pay a health care premium. I am not sure about the amount now as tax......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

cb: dec 4 2007 - 10:33 gmt: I agree. I attended one of their 50th anniversary celebrations in October. Can't stay in business that long practicing unethical conduct. ...

in response to: Funeral Home by Peter

J.Smith: 22 October 2002 "Pearly King" Jailed for Fraud - George Major, 64, the self proclaimed Pearly King of Peckham was jailed after he was convicted of eleven counts of defrauding benefits. Major was caught after a......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

sisters birthday: Eric and Maxine were married on the 11th May 1959 and Eric Broome had lived at 86, Silver Street, Irlam. Eric worked at the Irlam Council Offices as a clerk before moving to a......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Just realised I could have worded that better, chances are that when the first picture was taken the railway was still in use. This picture is taken from a bridge which crosses the now dismantled railway......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Tim (timmillan@hotmail.com): Bought my wife a Black and Silver Trek Lime for her bday Oct 4. Stolen Oct 26. Thanks for the tips-I'll check out those shops....

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Liz October 27th 2007: I kive a good 15 minutes from the tunnel and have been going through through the tunnel all my life. As a child we went through it every Sunday to see my grandparentsand it is......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Cynthia: i would like to see photos as of today, october 19,2007, of what ground zero looks like, thanks!...

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Nocturnal_Dremas: If a woman cool, under age 30?...

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

Nocturnal_Dremas: Is that number to a woman or a man??? If it's a man fuck that shit!!!...

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

Larry, here is an article about this in the paper today in Toronto: The Toronto Star THE FIXER Irresponsible kite-flyers need to clean up their act Oct 16, 2007 04:30 AM Jack Lakey Staff Reporter Telling someone to "go fly a kite" is a rather gentle rebuff, but kite flying can cause serious problems. Few......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It looks like the street fair on Broadway on Sunday Oct 14th. I was there with my dog. I brought pork, rice and plantains. We sat and ate while watching the hoopla. Quin is a funeral......

in response to: Broadway Hoopla by Queen LaLa

jeeff: looks serene. but i guess looks can be deceiving! **Queen's homecoming turns violent** "Oct. 15, 2007 Queen's University homecoming spilled onto Kingston's streets in a wave of violence, intoxication and mischief that resulted in 54 arrests......

in response to: Student Ghetto Kingston Homecoming by AG

Cynthia : Hey, I just wanted to say that it was cool to see my fathers truck on this. Its a though truck alright it still runs today ( Oct. 4, 2007) Haha, you probably also saw......

in response to: Arctic Graf Truck by EvilGentleman

trish: wow great photos peter if your still around could u emial me at tgdr4@msn.com we are visiting the site taking the staten island ferry this sat oct 6th would like to ask you about the city and how......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

jack: by the way kate, your up on your french i see, i studied latin, i wanted to be a doctor....

in response to: French Dog by Ilona

Sue B from Colorado Springs: Last saw the castle about 10yrs ago, and alot has been added since then! It is truly AMAZING to see what one man can do if it is his heart's desire. We enjoyed......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Janet Calderon: If you would like to stay posted on when I'll be Launching the Book in Bushwick, feel free to E-mail me at calderoncenter@aol.com and you'll be placed on the "keep me posted, I'll support you"......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

swimmer: I heard the new roof will go on in October 2007 any one heard any news to support this?...

in response to: london fields lido blues by elaine

jeeff: ian, i see your photos of construction workers and wonder, "how have construction workers changed since october, 2005?" please update us....

in response to: Yet Another Construction Worker by ian

joey: little ukraine: you must have been downtown, or on the east side if you were remembering my posts of cleveland. i'm thinking about a trip to cleveland in october. visit my mother for her birthday,......

in response to: City of Light, City of Magic by little ukraine

Kerry: I'm a single girl in my late 20's. I'm supposed to be moving to Bushwick in October, though I'm not sure what part yet. I have a dog and I do have to walk her......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dick: When I was a kid I asked my father who was a doctor whether it was important to wash one's hands after urinating. He replied that urine does not carry disease causing organisms. ......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Diana Manchur-Henke: I lived next door to the Casusos ; went to school with Octavio and Bobby ( St. Barbara's). My building is still up, 170 Harman St. although I doubt it remained well cared for......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Genuine brooklynite bushwick baby: I am so proud of where i come from.Most people say bitches in bushwick are dumb.Never that Never me ,I just see what i see and i will always be me.Growing up in the hood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mama Mia: After spending reading all the comments, I've come to the conclusion that way too many people believe everything they read.Makes me wanna start a news paper and write that I'm God and I have all......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Marty Gottlieb: God bless the Casusos--no finer family could anyone hope to meet! Everything that Adam has written about them so beautifully here is true. From my standpoint, the tremendous impact they had in turning the neighborhood......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

boris: looks more like moscow in october near red square...

in response to: City Hall Park at Night by Vidiot

upfromflames: I love it jack. I work mighty hard at using my photos to transmit history and narrative, but you just concoct it out of these images freeform. Or did you grow up here? ...

in response to: From Norway, Mrs Yawron\'s Fireplace and Laundry Which Was Once Hidden in the Dense Forest from Long, Long Ago. by jack

Gail Purser/ nee Howard: My family(The Howards) moved to the Benny Farm in the fall of 1947, I was one year old at the time. We moved to Beloeil in Oct/56. We lived in K block ,3677 Cavendish Blvd.......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

colavitos ghost: more night-time shots of seoul, please! i always enjoy your posts, but the way you're able to capture the nocturnal light of the city is really really cool. keep it up....

in response to: Apku Night by Chiamattt

Local ASS: I know that theirs plenty of pathetic places to live. Ever day I deal with Hutchinson Kansas, I never got lucky and got out. Hutch is a trash hole,infested with lazy non-working......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: You know, I had never thought of the unicycle bit. I was thinking that this was another example of a society that cannot afford enough doctors or school textbooks spending my tax dollars on a......

in response to: Bike Trail for Drunk Drivers by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Octopussy is actually an exotic dance studio, no drinks are served. I'll post those pics this evening....

in response to: Sex Appeal by EvilGentleman

CE: My favourite strip bar name in Montreal is {Octapussy}....

in response to: Sex Appeal by EvilGentleman

Caleb Chatfield: Yes Scott, the old Sankey Motors building comprises the sum total of what goes on in Belleville. Maybe this is your point, to get a rise out of individuals and to make broad sweeping......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

John Bland: The reason it is cleaner is because they have displaced the residents they didn't wanted and now providing superb services, except to those areas that they are still trying to bulldoze. I grew up on......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Budajiho: I grew up in East New York of the '50s. My pediatrician's office was on President Street, which was known as "Doctors' Row." The brownstones were beautiful, with magnificiant gardens and exquisite stonework......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

the light: i grew up in the henry horners. now since ive grown up and matured i realize this place was a trap for our people.though i will never forget where i come from because it made......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Dave: Yeh paul there was a newsagents and TSB bank facing it also a chinese chippy that did very well in the maypole at the time. Moorfeild Place which is now an old People,s home used to......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

gerry k 25th oct o6: i think that the first mural in beechmount there is brilliant i grew up just 100 yards from that painting and it has inspired my life .. i love art i would love to paint......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Pam: 2nd Nov.o6: i spent the night @ Jim's Oct. 31 as he is my 2nd cousin. He is a wonderful man & compassionate cousin. He & his wife made me feel very welcome on my......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop